Royal Commercial Trash Find!

[vacman117]

My uncle called me today and told me that he found this lovely Royal Commercial upright in the garbage for me! He was driving through a subdivision and saw the words Royal on a vacuum and knew that he HAD to get it. I am VERY glad that he did! I am not sure if the motor sounds right or not. It does need a belt though. The owners even used Genuine Royal bags in it! So that shows that they cared for it. This is a picture of it at my aunt and uncle's house when I first got it. I'll post more pictures of it when I get it all cleaned up!
Chase

 

[suckolux]

Chase, you lucky bugger! Could not have happened to a better new owner. Dying to see your after pics. d.

 

[vacman117]

The motor is great! It just sounded funny because there was no belt. But the brushroll is mangled and will need replaced. Other than that, she runs like a charm!

 

[suckolux]

Excellent! Your luck holds.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Chase,

This appears to be a pre-1982 model 608 or, prior to 1976, the 606A.

~Ben

 

[vacman117]

Ben
It is a 1982! I forgot to mention that!
Chase

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Chase,

This also would mean the motor is 4.5 amps instead of 3.0. So now that I know this is an '82 model, what is the serial #? I'd be guessing B82-E-40917. Correct?

~Ben

 

[tolivac]

Definetly someones trash is some eleses treasure!Really nice "catch".Just find broken "plastivacs" my way.

 

[vacman117]

Here it is all clean! It was surprisingly very easy to polish up! The bag could be washed, but I am scared to do it as I don't want to ruin it. So it is fine the way it is.

Sorry for the picture quality. I got the HTC Thunderbolt and it takes great photos on the phone, but when they are put on the computer, the quality just goes down the drain!

 

[suckolux]

Knew it would turn out very pretty!

 

[kirbyvacuum]

O BOY what a job

Looks like a new vacuum. Good luck Doug