Fleabay Tradition
Ben-
Okay, so the fan has a date stamp of "76." Classic III fan maybe? This thing has been taken apart before and "messed with," from the looks of it. I will post disassembly pictures when I start the thread.
Rob-
Thank you for your confidence! I am sure it will turn out well, too. I will post a restoration thread on it indeed. So far as I can tell, no bent blades on the fan. It looks to be in good shape.
And boy do I agree with you on the difficulty of opening the carrying case! In my "unwrapping" video, I expressed some difficulty getting it open. To answer your question about what it has in it, it has "most" of the tools. I think, and don't quote me here, but I am fairly sure I am only missing the Crevice Tool (I have the radiator brush that goes on it though), the longer wand, the utility air nozzle (the smallest of the surface nozzles), and of course a hose to use it all with. Everything else is there. Granted, I have every attachment for the Heritage, but those won't fit the Tradition, as the safety switch is along the bottom of the fan case on the Tradition, and on the side of the fan opening on the Heritage. Bummer! The Tradition also didn't come with the Rug Nozzle, so I have no means of actually vacuuming with it. I took advantage of that problem though, and I thoroughly cleaned the bag and the insides of the Sani-Emtor. The bag is the original, by the way, and it does not have any fading anywhere, so far as I can tell. It does have the Style 1 bag system.
Random question: Is the Miracle Head Floor Polisher the right one for this model? It is in the picture earlier in this thread.
And finally, to make a long story short, when I bought it about a month ago, it got to the UPS warehouse about 10 miles away from my house, was dropped there, and then shipped back all the way to Nebraska. Now, I live in Florida, so that's a good trip! I contact the seller, he ships it again, and it winds up 200 miles away at a car dealership in Omaha. A CAR DEALERSHIP!! Lol! Fortunately, a salesman was kind enough to call me and inform me that he got it. He shipped it back to the seller, who once again ships it to me with a kind note to UPS saying, "Do NOT return! Item is Salvage. Deliver broken." Because when they dropped it, because the handle was detached from the fork, they thought they broke it. (Actually, the seller could only get it to fit in the box that way.) A month later, it -finally- winds up on my doorstep. Whew!
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