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Alot of us didnt. Untill I saw Stan Kann's show I thought I was the only one that had this type of "weird" collection. Even after seeing it it was another 20 years before I actually met anyone else that collected them.
Doug
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Working part time for a very nice older Lady who ran a Sewing machine and vacuum store in Marion N.C., her husband had passed away and she needed a repairman, I stopped in one day while on one of my junk hunting trips...long story short, I would go twice a week and do all the repairs, she took the VDTA newspaper, one day in 1994 I was reading it, and found an ad for a collector who lived in New York named Craig Long, his ad stated he was a serious collector of vintage vacuums!! Well, since I thought i was the only one, I called him, he told me about the club, and gave me the phone numbers of John Lucia, Charlie Lester and Alex"Bob" Taber who was then club president, I joined and went to the next years convention in Allentown Pa, the rest is history!At that time i think there were about 25 of us.
Working part time for a very nice older Lady who ran a Sewing machine and vacuum store in Marion N.C., her husband had passed away and she needed a repairman, I stopped in one day while on one of my junk hunting trips...long story short, I would go twice a week and do all the repairs, she took the VDTA newspaper, one day in 1994 I was reading it, and found an ad for a collector who lived in New York named Craig Long, his ad stated he was a serious collector of vintage vacuums!! Well, since I thought i was the only one, I called him, he told me about the club, and gave me the phone numbers of John Lucia, Charlie Lester and Alex"Bob" Taber who was then club president, I joined and went to the next years convention in Allentown Pa, the rest is history!At that time i think there were about 25 of us.
<a name="start_16351.174515">Alot of us didnt. Untill I saw Stan Kann's show I thought I was the only one that had this type of "weird" collection. Even after seeing it it was another 20 years before I actually met anyone else that collected them.
Doug</a>
Absolutely spot on! Until I saw him on TV, I thought people would find this hobby 'strange' to say the least.
And when I found this site I thought I was in heaven. But like with anything else, there will always be a few rotten apples in the barrel. Fewer here than the auto forums.
Kevin
Doug</a>
Absolutely spot on! Until I saw him on TV, I thought people would find this hobby 'strange' to say the least.
Kevin
