Rare US G-Es: Prestige Model CM Swivel-Top & Mark II line

[paul]

I have been unable to find any advertisements or other information on the Prestige so far. My research indicates that the Swivel-Top's pn port was first added to some of the models in 1976, so it was made between then and the early 1980s. The photo's are from a Texas estate sales website.

The Mark II cleaners all appear to be the economy models and were marketed briefly in 1971 at Zayre discount department stores located in the eastern US from 1956 to 1990; the photo scans were faint except for the Swivel-Top's.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Very interesting, I wish you luck in finding out more about this swivel top.

 

[cheesewonton]

I'd be curious if the hose is original or something a vac shop put together to replace a cracked open original. Never saw a GE hose that color and especially with a blue canister body.