Nothing says 1968 like...

[eurekastar]

a Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80!  I love this model!  I wish we'd had it when I was a kid, because we had avocado green carpet in our house.  

 

[eurekastar]

While everyone else was out boating and barbequing yesterday, I was busy restoring a bit of Americana!

 

[eurekastar]

I'm so glad the bag and some trim pieces are still available in green.  This vacuum would never look the same in black!

 

[eurekastar]

One of the things I'm most pleased about is the handle label.  Most of these are missing today, so I'm really excited that this one is still completely intact! 

 

[vintagevaclover]

Very very nice vacuum.

 

[eurekastar]

The cord is almost perfect, and the fan was in great shape too.  However, the nozzle casting was pretty beat up.  It required a lot of sanding.  Unfortunately, there were a couple of gouges that would not come out. 

 

[eurekastar]

And of course, the more upscale homes in 1968 would certainly have an Electorlux 1205 too!  When I rebuilt the 1205, the paint was hard to match.  So the color isn't exact.  My apologies to all the Electrolux fans!

 

[eurekastar]

I think the other reason I love this model is that my favorite color is green!!!

 

[hydralique]

One of my fav Kirbys . . .

I always enjoy seeing pix of the D80, that green color is really beautiful! Congrats on such a picture-perfect refurbishment.

 

[eurekastar]

This is one of of the reasons I love the shakeout bag system!  I hadve an odd fascination with the debris!  haha!

  This came from a spin around my bedroom.  I vacuum in there just two days ago with my Kirby Classic.  The dogs shed a lot and track in a lot of grit! 

 

[sukething]

Anyone seen my little clip of home movies?

I have a very short clip of me using our brand new D80 and it looks just like yours eurekastar...If you feel like watching the three min segment from our Channel 9 news, the short home movie clip is in there..




David

 

[eurekastar]

That's very cool!  When did that run?

 

[sukething]

Christmas Eve...2012 I believe..

I was excited when one of our local TV stations was willing to come and interview me and Reggie. I know it is a tad corny, making it into a christmas poem, but ti worked. The anker man did that all himself..

Thank and I am glad you enjoyed it...

 

[Gr8DaneDad]

Enjoyed that immensely.

 

[sukething]

The silly thing is...

I have at least 4 of the D80's in my collection..LOL...My grandmother, my moms mom, had the D50, which I have a few of those as well and I thought the lense on top of head light cover was the coolest thing. As I am fond, not sure of the model, of the 30's or 40's Hoover that had the word Hoover lit up when you turned it on...LOL I like all vacuums, seriously, but I do love my Kirbys...

When I was a kid and using a vacuum, I liked to turn it on and stand back and admired the vacuum while running...especially Kirbys...LOL

 

[marks_here]

That was brilliant!!!

I love it!!! Those brought me back to when I was a kid. I'm so glad you posted that and it wasn't corny at all, very tastefully done! A trip back in time never hurts anyone, just makes me wish days were as simple as they were back then! Thank you David!!

 

[cb123]

Great collection!

Great interview! Thanks for sharing it!

 

[fooseofhoove]

Very well done! I thought it was great! We need more stories like that in the news.

 

[kirbybag]

great d80

eurekastar great kirby d80 and yes kirby is america great vacuum.and sukething very nice segment on channel 9 when i was a kid i like to vacuum with my mother's kirby 517 and stand back and watch it.