Pictures From Last Summer's Acquisitions

[kirbyclassiciii]

Royal Prince II

Jeff,

That bag on the 603 is all the more rare because of what it says on it ("ROYAL PRINCE II"). That bag is quite a mystery, God only knows where that one was originally from, but it can't be earlier than the mid 1980s.

~Ben

 

[eurekaprince]

Thanks for the close-up, Jeff.....I want so badly to jump right into the picture and clean up the blue cord to make it look like new! I can even remember the unique Eureka aroma from the rubber on the cord!!!!

*hums Barbra Streisand's "Memories....like the corners of your mind...*

 

[hygiene903]

Sorry Brian,

But the cord isn't blue. The cord, bag, and trim are all green, although the bumper does look more blue than green in the picture. Maybe it was the way the light hit it.
Jeff

 

[eurekaprince]

Ah.....that explains the gold graphic on the bag. Thanks for that clarifiction, Jeff!

So it's not the "exact" Eureka of my childhood. The thing that threw me off was the silver frame around the headlight. That must have been a replacement. The green and gold 260 was the 1957 golden anniversary edition (matched the golden anniversary edition of the Roto-Matic canister). I think once 1957 was over, they changed the colour scheme to turquoise with silver accents. So my childhood 260 must be from 1958 or 1959 (the year in which I was born).

You can see that the plastic hose port cover in front of the headlight also has gold in it. My version had silver accents, not gold.

Still very close though! :-D

 

[1926700]

actually,

there were several, the Green and gold was first for the Anniversary edition. the they switched to blue and clean white (brain if you remember i have that one), and the only change ive seen besides the color is the green had the old style bag clamp system, and the blue was updated for the screw on bag system. and there was one more, another blue with a round handle, and the two speed switch in the front of the handle, and a chrome hood. as opposed to the white painted hood, that was the last of the 260. i think Eureka ran the 260 from 57, to around even early 1960.

 

[eurekaprince]

You know, that's what seems to make my childhood Eureka so difficult to find: ours was blue and white with silver accents, but had the boxy graphic at the top of the bag like Jeff's green version, and also had the screwless "clamp-on" bag neck at the bottom which hooked onto a pin on the motorhood..

Ours had a square metal one-piece handle with a black 3 way switch on the back of the handle.....no rubber grip.....always wondered what the shipping carton may have looked like - did they package the long handle in another box?

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Jeff,

I found out that bag on your 603 actually belongs on a model 870, of which the below picture is.

~Ben

 

[kenkart]

260!

I had one years ago and like a dummy let it go!! My favorite Eureka upright.