My great grandma had one of those, but I don't recall it having a cord rewind. It just sat in her attic all of the time. I would bring it down and vacuum her house whenever I visited her, until one day I changed the bag and tried to turn it on and it didn't work. I kept pulling the handle down and pushing it back up (how you turn it on and off) over and over and then sparks came out of it one time and she threw it away. She had the tool kit for it, however I never used them.