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[kirbyclassiciii]

Gj3476

Gabriel,


 


All correct... and some of the pre-1983 Eurekas still used the 1968 Eureka Williams "E" logo.


 


~Ben

 

[gj3476]

CrazyKirbyDude, I kinda hate to tell u this but please don't get upset lol, I have a 2012 Eureka Power Plus that I got for my 16th birthday and a 2014 Eureka Airspeed One for my 18th birthday, they both came from Walmart, sooo yea. They both work good. But I agree that the older eurekas work a lot more better.

 

[gj3476]

Exactly, like the ESP self propelleds right? Does the 1982/83-89 logo have a special name?

 

[eurekaprince]

Ben knows his Eureka serial numbers...I stand corrected! I guess it is from 1990.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Gj3476

Gabriel,


 


The logo you describe was first introduced in 1974 but only on printed matter initially... it was set in Helvetica Bold. The 1985 logo was in an italic (slanted) version of the font.


 


~Ben

 

[gj3476]

So I think I got this right. Eureka Helvetica logo: 1982/83 - 1989. Hey I noticed your named KirbyClassicIII, if you want, I can show you some pics of my '77 Classic III soon.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Gj3476

Gabriel,


 


Yes... please try to devote your next thread to that machine! Here's mine (the one in the middle in these pictures).


 


~Ben

 

[gj3476]

Decent Kirby collection! I only have 2 so far, the classic iii is in the closet but here's my '57 model 517 which I'll make another post about it soon!

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Gj3476

Gabriel,


 


What a nice looking 517 (1957-58)! It originally had these gray parts: bag, Emtor bottom and wheels, and red trim for the handle grip, foot switch, and the headlight and nozzle bumpers. It also used to have a gray cord with red plug ends.


 


In fact, the original tool set had almost all the tools in red (even though the Classic III ones are perfect substitutes)!


 


~Ben

[this post was last edited: 11/5/2017-22:30]

 

[gj3476]

That Kirby was given to me as a present for my 12th birthday by my 6th grade teacher in '08, she was one of the best teachers in my school years, and yes it probably did had the original red/gray parts but this was factory rebuild in September '96, sadly the factory rebuild sticker came off 4 yrs ago so I don't know the actual serial number to this one, but most of all, the Kirby works really awesome. 60 years old!

 

[gj3476]

Oh and the only original part to that Kirby is the red belt lifter!

 

[gj3476]

When I got the 517 for my birthday, it even came with an attachment set too, it was mixed colors of green (d80), tan (sanitronic/d50), and brown (1cr or 1cb), the hose attachment was brown too but 3 yrs ago I removed the hose end parts and added it to a long white Panasonic hose I found on the curb on my way home from school, but soon I'm planning on buying a new set of Kirby attachments, the current one for the avalir and a 12 ft stretch hose, both from eBay.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Congrats!! Love these!
I wanted one of these ever since I saw Bob Barker give them away in the very early 90's. I would watch The price is right every morning in 1990 while waiting for Mom to take me to kindergarten. My class was at noon and Price is right was on right before we would leave. I was glued to the TV to see this vacuum. I finally got one last year and it's like freaking NEW. Mine is dated 1989 on both the serial number and the time dial on the bottom.