Really cool Fairfax with a baffling mystery.

[kirbyvertibles]

If you know me you know I'm a Fairfax nut. I love those things! Anyhow I recently found an all chrome older 2 speed model that did not have a power nozzle plug in the front but yet came with a little bitty early electric power nozzle. I was like OK someone just threw this in with it. After I played with it I discovered it DOES have a power nozzle plug but on the rear next to the exhaust and it's a regular 110. It matched the trim so I don't know if this is a vac shop add on or was this the very beginning of the Fairfax having a power nozzle? I hope someine can clear this up. I will get more pics of the whole unit when I get her all cleaned up.

 

[rugsucker]

Fairfax

None of mine have PN outlet but I do have Preco nozzle labeled for Fairfax and a polished aluminum electric nozzle as also used on some Royal and Airway.More pics?

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Jimmy,
if the preco and polished power nozzle would be for sale I'd be interested in those. Yes I will get better pics tonight of this Fairfax

 

[dysonman1]

The very first electric power nozzle used by Fairfax was made for them by Air-Way. The receptacle was on the front of the machine.

Your Fairfax's receptacle was added by someone, most likely a vac shop.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

I figured, the power nozzle is a cute little guy. It's one just like what filter queen first used. I will get pics tonight

 

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[kirbyvertibles]

When did they stop making the model cpd-4?
The last pic I was trying to show what could be a year stamped on the rubeer brush roll end cap. It says 73. I would think however this little power nozzle would be 60s? I don't know jack about this nozzle other than filter queen used it in the 60s

 

[jimjimmunster]

Thats not a filter queen PN

That's not a PN for a filter queen. That brushroll however, Is very similar to the Filter Queen powernozzle. The filter queen powernozzle was made by some other company other than filter queen, and that company made the official filter queen PN and the aftermarket filter queen PN. The aftermarkets were produced in off white like yours. I believe its made by that same company, but it is very different on the exterior than a real or aftermarket filter queen PN. Whats the sticker on the bottom say?

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Before filter queen used the power nozzle we all know they used this for a very short time on the 31

 

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[collector2]

Yep Besides being used on Filter Queen that power nozzle was available for central vacuums, which is probably what the one that has been adapted to your Fairfax is from.

 

[dysonman1]

Our UK and European friends will know that power nozzle as a "Progress". Most vacuum parts wholesale catalogs carried it.

Filter Queen power nozzles were made by Premier, the company who took over for General Electric. They made both the genuine Filter Queen power nozzle, as well as the vac shop only nozzle, which looked slightly different, and had a beater bar on the brush roll. Eventually, Health-Mor bought the dies for their nozzle, and made their own.

The first 'official' Fairfax power nozzle was made for them by Air-Way, and was buffed aluminum (at first), but more commonly was powder coated. At the same time, Air-Way was also making their power nozzle (in turquoise) for Water-Matic with the sea horse logo. It was very cool looking.

Fairfax was located in St. Louis (in Maryland Heights - not too far from the Airport) for a number of years. It was while in St. Louis that I saw the new "power nozzle" Fairfax (with factory receptacle), as well as older models being converted to accept power nozzles. It was there, also, that I saw the Water Matic nozzles. I don't know what relationship Fairfax had with Water Matic (I'll bet they distributed them in the USA as it was a Canadian machine), but they were warehoused in St. Louis along with Fairfax cleaners.