Singer Machines

[collector2]

Further to the previous Singer thread that I did a few months back I've just picked up a couple more Singers. The first one is a model C2 in pretty nice shape. The handle is cracked but it is complete save for the manual. Even the hose is original.

 

[collector2]

My second aquisition is the really interesting one. In a previous discussion it was mentioned that Singer started making their own machines in the late 60's rather than having Eureka make them. This is a Singer model D21. A very obviously Eureka made model from the mid 1970's. I have to conclude, then, that Singer continued to put their name on Eureka products at the same time as they were producing their own machines.

Anyone have more information about the later Singer models?


I do have the hose for this one too, although I recieved it after I took the picture. The only parts I'm misssing are the book and small nozzle (although I think it should have originally had the long floor brush instead of the short one)

 

[eurekaprince]

OMG!!!!! It's a Singer Empress II!!!!!!!!

Eureka's Empress II's came out in the early 1970's, but by 1974, the only version of the Empress II was a Power Team that came with a Rotomatic powernozzle featuring a faux wood-grain top.

Nice acquisitions Doug!!!!

 

[collector2]

Thanks Brian. They were also sold as a Viking silhouette (with and without power head) by Eatons up untill the mid 1970's.

 

[arh1953]

The first one is my dream Singer canister. Lucky you!

 

[eurekaprince]

Eureka's Pet Name for the Empress II was.......

the FastVac. I distinctly remember them using this nick-name for this unit in the trade ads they put out in Home Furnishings Daily at the time (anyone have any old copies of this newspaper?). I can hardly remember what I had for lunch yesterday but some bits of vac trivia are lodged deep in my brain!!! The thing that reminded me of the nick-name was the little white stripe on the side of your Singer D21. Eureka Williams' TV commercials and print ads made a comment that this FastVac had "racing stripes"! The tv commercial was very fast paced with a sexy female voice-over whispering over and over again "Empress II......Empress II....." I think they were promoting the fact the the design made cleaning fast because all tools were on-board where-ever you shlepped the vac, and the big sporty wheels made it easy to cruise over all depths of carpet. Even the suction selector on the "control panel" was designed like the radio buttons on a car dashboard!

 

[eurekaprince]

Oh...and using the foot operated power pedal on the Empress

supposed to feel like using the accelerator pedal of a car!

 

[briankirbyclass]

I just love this website, and learn something new all the time!
Thank you all so much!

I remember a neighbor in the late 1970s that had an Empress 2 with Power Nozzle,,,i was facinated with all of its features and attachments.
This neighbor was an elderly lady, and would let me vacuum her stairs and if i was lucky, put on the PN and use it in the upstairs hallway and bedrooms, after i worked my way up the staris with it.
I remember this vac being a TERRIBLE heavy beast to lift, but fun to use (at least for me).
No wonder the lady didnt want to schlep the thing up and down stairs as heavy as it was,,she couldnt do it!