old kirby identification help!

[outdoorjoe]

Bought an old kirby which is a beauty but needs some TLC. I don't know what year its made but i think its late 40's early 50's is my best guess from pictures. here are some pics. Please help
I need motor brushes.
repair the head and replace the fan.
I just need to know what this one is so i can order all the right parts and shin it up!
please help!

 

[outdoorjoe]

more pics

 

[outdoorjoe]

pics

 

[outdoorjoe]

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[outdoorjoe]

last one. any ideas as to what model and or year this is? I want to fix it all up! is still runs perfectly but can't get replacement parts until i figure out the spacifics.

didn't find any numbers on the inside to help me out. are there any?

 

[Miss Mercy]

Whoa! Talk about bojack Kirby!! I can narrow it down. It's ranges from a 1956 Kirby 516 to a 1963 Kirby Sanitronic VII. There should be a black or brown tag on the bottom of the motor that should have the model name and serial number stamped on it. It's possible that it could have been removed during restoration, whenever that took place because I do not see one original part on that vacuum unless the power on/off switch is original and that would indicate that the machine was the tan 1962 Kirby 562 or the tan 1963 Sanitronic VII. I hope this helps.

-Adam

 

[Miss Mercy]

Wait...

I just noticed that yours doesn't have a name plate. Sorry my error!

 

[outdoorjoe]

LOL oi kind of figures it may have several different parts on it. By chance is there a number somewhere inside the motor housing that would help? I didn't see one but if I knew where to look.
this was a 20 dollar find

 

[Miss Mercy]

the only way to know for sure is to have the id tag and it's gone sadly

 

[vacman1961]

It is either a 516, 517 or 518. You can tell by the vents on the back of the motor housing, I hope this helps? It was built between 1956 and 1958.

 

[hoover1]

i'm a little out of practice, but it

looks like a sani 7 power plant with a 500 series floor nozzle, and cheap replacement bag.

 

[kirby519]

Is the safety swich a 2 button swich or single button swich?

If it is a "one" button switch it is single speed machine. would have been done in red trim where all the chocolate brown trim is. or could have tan trim that would be the sanitronic.
these machines were the 4 am single speed models.

If it is a two button swich that would be a dual 50 tan or the dual 80 Avacado green. These machines were the 5 amp 2 speed models.

The safety switch is located behind the head mounted to the fan case.