Replies from me...
First thanks everyone for the replies...
Sam- Yeah Regina made canister vacuum cleaners thru most of the 1970's, up until 1978 or so. The usually had a few different models, e.g. above mine for example has an automatic Cord Reel with a chrome upper body, and the Rug Pulse Nozzle rather than the earlier nozzle mine has, whereas the one below it had no suction control buttons and a smaller motor, and different attachments, with the smaller Rug Pile dial nozzle.
Later after 1973, they had a TOL version that had a Power nozzle that they created by using their complete Nozzlehead from their Brush and Beat Upright , with a rigged up metal wand, instead of the handle/dirt-tube and bag assembly that came with the Brush and Beat in upright form. There were two versions that I know of... One was A Dark Red and Grey , and a Medium blue and Grey.
They had a normal hose with the wiring within, but had the cord running down the back of the wand to Power the Brush and Beat head. Also, both models of this kind came with headlights too..
A final Regina canister with a power nozzle came along in 1977, with a Douglas Power Nozzle and was called the Regina Duo-Vac. After this Regina kinda gave up the ghost on the canister market, and they continued to be sold under the Regina, General Electric and Black and Decker models in Canadia.
Terry- You're right, Marty and Victor are really true blues. I'm so glad I was fortunate to meet Victor at the Canton convention. Thru him he put me in touch with Marty Rocha, and thus sent me this machine you've seen here. And when at the convention Victor was such a great help when it came to moving my machines from one room to the other, and lading them in and out of the car. Another example on why it's so great to be a part of such things...THe great people you meet!!!
Pete- Yeah a little canned hammish, I was thinking the old square Eureka Princess style canisters the ones that take the H bag tho....
Dave- No my friend, they go to the BIG boy the Regina Cyclonic LOL!!!! Actually you wouldn't believe the content of various manufacturer's you can see in this machine. The canister end looks VERY GE in nature, for all their canisters and mostly the Swivel Tops. The wands are pure Eureka and in fact that was the only thing it came without. But I have several old Eureka wands, so i was ale to fit one up in a jiffy.... It uses a very generic upper handle elbow, and two generic hose cuffs. And the hose was a vinyl coil hose that was used on many other lesser kn owns like Sunbeam for example back then too. So in theory yes that nozzle could be used on a Eureka...
Thaks for your replies...
Chad
