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Sorry my story has gone all out of sequence but with the flaky wireless & time constraints it's coming out in dribs & drabs.

So Mike, is that a confirmation you'll be at home tomorrow, Thursday, around 10AM, when I stop by to get the Kirby cable?

If you don't know what I'm talking about go re-read Post# 86105-12/15/2009-09:38 near the top. I have no way to send out email, just receive it. :-(

I'm off to Oneida for the morning now...

Dave
 
Newsflash!

Mike, I got a red Kirby cable from Chris so i WILL NOT be detouring to Greene tomorrow as it would add about 90 minutes to my trip home. Thanks for understanding.

Trip to Oneida was an awesome experiance as alwasy and yup, there's more vacuums and parts in the Subaru. :-)

More later....

Dave
 
Made today's morning coffee in the Westinghouse 'ball' perker. Delicious!

This is a teaser hint shot of the vacuums and accessories Chris was kind enough to allow me to pay him a pittance for. :-)

and four sets of re-bristled brushes for the Hoovers at home

and he came up with a decent bag for the 28 Mike gifted me. I brought it in to the shop and Chris decided to give it the once over. New bearings, old bearings greased, armature examined and judged in great shape, and so on. This 28 has the metal hood so I see a repaiont in its futuire and it will look ever so nice next to my Canadian 281.

Thanks so much, Chris.

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Everywhere go I ask if anyone has a Eureka 1010 series Mobil-Aire 'ham' with an intact lid script applique so I can photograph it, so I can print it out lifesize and stick it on my Mobil-Aire. Chris said he thought there was one somewhere so I went searching the piles. Found it - script missing :-(.

Found another in beige but by then Eureka had stopped using the script applique. Oh pooh.

Well, I kept looking and eventually shouted out "EUREKA! Oh My Gawd!!!" Discovered a blue later ham with script. As I was pulling it out to set up a good photograph, Chris said something like "Oh, I forgot that came in...has all the tools and caddy and the hose & wands...if ya want it." REALLY?!!!!

Yes, yes, Dear Lord, yes.

So not only do I now have the actual script that I can take a mold of and reproduce in cast metal but gained a complete later version blue ham. Then he came up with a few packs of genuine S bags exclusive to the ham. Could life get any better for a vacuum collector? Once again I am happy to pay him a few pennies for this treasure...

...and this treasure too, a spare extra T4 gathering dust on the floor, with the original burgundy hose. At last, Dave has the Lucy Ricardo Vac! Did you know a Compact paper bag fits the Westinghouse cloth bag perfectly? I do now...

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ok dave thanks for the update,I will hold the cable if you are still intrested in it. good luck on your trip home and I will be looking forward to seeing more pics. also I am glad that you got a bag for the 28
hope to see you again sometime it was great having you as a guest in my house
Mike
 
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

Left Syracuse at 9 AM, wandered all over upstate New York and arrived home at 7:30PM. Stopped at a few Thrift Stores along the backroads and once again, the car is full to the windowsills. Lots of stuff to load into the house...

I'll pick up the report where I left off, probably tomorrow.

Dave
 
Hey Dave - Are you planning on coming down this way again this year? One of the shops wasnt open when I was in Regina the other day but noticed through the window that he has a model 83 in thats like new.

Doug
 
Doug, there is an almost sure plan that I will be driving over to Winnipeg between Christmas and New Years. My buddy Al there has a few new pianos and a new old huge house to put them in I haven't seen, and the Editor/Publisher of the Amica Bulletin lives in Winnipeg, too. I have an article that needs finishing up and I could use his expertise to polish it for publication. I would expect to be there at least two weeks and can surely take a few days away to dash over to Moose Jaw.

BUT, and it's a big but, the alternator in the 11 year old Subaru has been making those whining noises and I must have that checked out this week. Depending on how much that will cost will influence if I can continue to road tripping. We'll see.

Meantime I have so many new toys to Play 'N Spa with and I've promised myself I will not get into them until I have this house completely organized. It was such a treat to come through the door last night and see the amazing lack of clutter in the Kitchen and Livingrooms from the xertions of the past few weeks. Yet, the kitchen table is piled about 2 feet high with stuff to sort out, never mind the 20 year pile on the sideboard. LOL

The filing cabinet and old TV and Microwave are out a here, too. Today, if possible...and that chrome tube chair that Felix uses to climb up the back of, when he could so easily just jump up...argh. Soon I will be able to walk around the entire table. :-)

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Two of the finds in a Sally Ann on the way back through the Finger Lakes is a Kenmore Powermate for $.99 and this virtually perfect 2001 Hoover SpinScrub FloorMate for $8.

All that's wrong with it is, it was totally clogged up the pipe with dried matted pet hairballs and the squeegee strips on the nozzle are torn away.

So I washed out the hairballs from all the channels and then attached two strips of tubular weatherstripping to the nozzle and it works great! Looking forward to having the whole kitchen floor cleared away and then I will test it out on the linoleum. I will look into if I can get a replacement nozzle here within Canada. I've heard these are quite nice machines. Sure beats the hands & knees routine and you can imagine how filthy & spotted the floor is, as I spill stuff and it is the principal entrance to my home. Maybe not as sexy as my 1959 Hoover Floor Washers but it will be fun.

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dave
I am glad that you got home safely as I dont think there were supposed to be any snow storms happening on your way home. glad that you had a great trip though and will be looking forward to seeing more amazing posts from you.
mike
 
Hey Dave:

Remind me when you get here and I'll put you to work making something to go with your recent aquisitions. I made the took kit for the westinghouse in the pic below. If you want to attempt it you can use my pattern and I'll show you how to do it. (I may have a spare vaporizer kicking around for it too)

Doug

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Dammit, dammit, dammitall...

Well, I found the squeegee replacement online but

"Canadian Customers
The Hoover Canada web site is no longer in operation. The prices shown on Hoover.com are in US dollars. Please note, the features shown on the units on this website may vary from those available in stores in Canada. At this time Hoover.com can NOT ship to Canada."

The Floormate is Model H3010. I'm surprised what a good dry pickup vacuum it is! As a wet scrubber those rotating brushes do a splendid job. As for the wet dirty water pickup, I got a jug full and was impressed. But, the weatherstrip band I confabbled works well but it's just not the same as the real part.
I will check with my local Ellison's Vac Shop (when I go to show him my latest finds!!!) and hopefully he can order me one from his vast network. There's another guy over in Woodstock that carries the Hoover line, as well. I WILL have a new Squeegee!!!




http://www.hoover.com/parts/?category=hardfloorbrushes&part=59177150
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Hey there Stratford Dave!

When are we going to see pics of that beautiful Mobile-Aire and the Tool Box?

...ummm.....sorry for being so impatient......ummm...when you get the chance....it's not really important.....but in the next few months would be good.....sorry to bother you about this...you see, this Eureka thing is a bit of a sickness with me......

EPB :-)
 

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