On the Road again...

[eurekaprince]

Thanks for the pics, Mike....

Interesting to see the bottom of the vac - the clips that hold the brush guard in place are identical to the clips that Eureka has been using on regular Dial-A-Nap and Rugulator models since the 1970's!

Another neat thing I remember about the Excalibur was that somehow when you removed the hose handle for tool cleaning, the suction automatically was redirected from the floor to the hose - no manual adjustments needed. When the hose is returned to the storage position, the suction is directed to a shorter route to the floor - the air did not have to travel up the hose if it was coming from the floor. I'm not sure, but I also think that removing the hose handle shut off the carpet brush (can't remember for sure). Not quite sure how the designers managed to do that on the Excalibur, and for that matter, I'm not quite sure how any vac-maker was able to redirect airflow just by the removal the hose handle. I think all the Dyson uprights do this too. Is this a complicated engineering feature that has caused problems in the past? Anyone know?

 

[crevicetool]

Yes, Mike is one of the top nicest folks I've met in thi

Dave. I must protest. I don't think it's very nice to say that Mike is screwed up in the head!

Not unless the power cord to that "G" is live while he's got his hand in the motor! Mike????


Judging by the size of the key blocks on that Wurlitzer, I'll bet it weighs more than 150 lbs!!!

Great pics and story guys!!

PS, Is that the Electrolux logo in front of the word KENT???

 

[electroluxxxx]

Hi brian
yes the machine has a suction seperator in it so when the hose is removed the suction at the base is cut off. there is also a power switch on the mechanism that shuts off the motor in the nozzle.

Rick your a smart a$$ , LOL
I would never service a machine unless it was plugged in, we should all know that by now. I love a good jolt up the arm from a raging current of elctricity

 

[electroluxxxx]

ok ok I confess the machine was unplugged as I was servicing it, and thanks for pointing that out I didnt realize that the logo was electrolux
the things you find in thrift stores...

 

[aeoliandave]

Rich & I went out for lunch at Doc's Little Gem Diner.

This place is a time capsule in every way and the food was great. More pictures to post later...

 

[aeoliandave]

Then we went afternoon thrifting. I had consulted the yellow pages and took Rich to places he didn't know about.

These are the spectacular finds I had to have. Seriously Syracuse was a money city. Would you leave this stuff behind?

A blue Northern Telecom Silhouette handset

Lots of shiny chrome things:

Spherical Westinghouse electric coffee percolator

Saucer shaped Westinghouse Waffle Iron with the temp control in the lid handle

Hamilton Beach stand mixer in pristine condition with both SS bowls...this was the expensive item at $25. !

Sunbeam electric Coffee Master with the Worlds Fair graphic on the pots. It has both types of spring-loaded filter discs on poles that hook to the bottom of the water tube - one has two screens and the other is an open disc that holds paper discs tight to the bottom. I don't have any idea how these work but at least they are separated - the rubber gasket is hard and I don't think that's good. I assume the water goes in the bottom, the halves are mated and then the coffee grounds go in the top? plug it in, choose high or low and the water boils up into the top section and drains past the filter into the bottom carafe?

Well, it was a most successful Syracuse Thrifting Adventure.

No vacuums, tho.

Anyone care to post more knowledge about these Sunbeam pots?

 

[electroluxxxx]

wow dave
Nice mixer
I have the same model mixer somewhere. I might have to send you home with it along with the mixmaster when they are found or if I still have them. hope all is well in syracuse

 

[countryguy]

Dave,

Over on the washer forum, there are several guys that have those type of coffee pots and absolutely rave about them. They can explain to you how it works.

Gary

 

[luxg]

Hey Dave, that is a Sunbeam Coffeemaster. They sure make wonderful coffee. The problem they often have is that the rubber seal on the top bowl dries out and becomes hard with age. What condition is yours in? You put the water in the bottom bowl, push on the top where you put the filter and the coffee. Switch to high. The water heats and goes into the top bowl. Switch clicks to low and slowly the coffee returns to the bottom. You now have a vacuum coffee maker!!YAY Let us know how it works for you?

Terry

 

[eurekaprince]

Yes Rick - that's the Swedish Electrolux logo on the Dur

As we all know, Sweden's Electrolux bought Eureka in 1974, so that by the time the Excalibur upright was produced in the 1990's, it was sold by the Eureka division of Electrolux. As a matter of fact, the Eureka Excalibur power nozzle canister being sold at around the same time was a Made in Sweden canister married to a Eureka Made in USA power nozzle.

Not sure when Sweden's Electrolux bought the rights to use the Kent commercial vac name. But once they owned all the rights to the brand-names, they were able to slap whatever name they wanted on whatever machine they sold!

Wouldn't it be fun to see Electrolux sell an AEG vac in Germany labelled the Sanitaire Crown Empress with Cordaway?

 

[aeoliandave]

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

 

[aeoliandave]

Back at Mike's, he had replaced the motor in his Air-Way 55 and can now do this neat party trick - lift the 55 by the bag suction.

 

[aeoliandave]

I had a go with the Hoover

 

[aeoliandave]

De Lux Staircase to Vacuum Heaven

 

[electroluxxxx]

Yes Dave I will be at home at 10 am you are ost welcome to stop by to pick up the cable
Mike

 

[aeoliandave]

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

 

[aeoliandave]

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.

 

[aeoliandave]

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...

 

[electroluxxxx]

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

 

[aeoliandave]

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

 

[collector2]

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

 

[aeoliandave]

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.

 

[aeoliandave]

Hector and Felix and I spent over an hour on the couch getting reacquainted. Bliss...

 

[aeoliandave]

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.

 

[aeoliandave]

Couldn't fit it in the car even if it was for sale, but I just love this adorable Kiddy Ride from some Mall I was in outside Rochester.

Steering wheel is a spin brush.

 

[arh1953]

Great pictures, and stuff galore

I'm glad your trip was so successful and safe, it looked like a lot of fun.

 

[electroluxxxx]

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

 

[collector2]

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

 

[aeoliandave]

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

 

[eurekaprince]

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