Yes,I have a few older 'Luxes.The hoses are still pretty sound.got one from an Applianceville member-others from the trade in piles at vac places.One came from the dump.someone tried to use it without a bag-Used My M1 to clean it out.
When I lived in Wash DC,knew a man that was the manager of the large downtown DC 'Lux place on Embassy Row.Conn Ave.The Embassies were his main business-its like they would send their janitorial crew to the 'Lux place and pay CASH for several machines at one time and CASES of bags.Then the fellow ran a vacuum store in Manassas,Va.He knew "feild stripping" ANY Lux machine blindfolded-helpted him on a few occasions.He routinely stripped down machines and cleaned the motor fans-no real problem.I would dry the fan wheels and motor parts with a Royal canister set up as a blower.We did well.It was amazing how well the 'Lux vac worked after having the fans cleaned.And the inside of the fancase on the motor.Motor would run cooler,too.
Reusable cloth 'Lux bags-I vacuum them out like other cloth dump bags-with another vacuum-and one with a disposable bag.The cloth bag works much better!
Will start looking for a 'Lux polisher-and the Compact-TriStar one!
