Strange Kirby Bag
- Thread starter hoover300
- Start date
Help Support VacuumLand:
rowdy141
Well-known member
What a sad image. Makes me want to cross the Atlantic just to rescue it.
I feel the same way seeing old cars in a scrap yard. I want to restore them all!
I feel the same way seeing old cars in a scrap yard. I want to restore them all!
huskyvacs
Well-known member
The good news is vacuums are cheaper and smaller to restore than cars! More easily manageable. And you still get the full experience of working on a car - polishing metal, hammering out bent parts, repairing the "engine" (motor) and getting covered in grease and oil. lol
rowdy141
Well-known member
Hi Huskyvacs!
Ahh, the smell of old oil
That's what I like about restoring Sewing Machines.
LOL.
Ahh, the smell of old oil
That's what I like about restoring Sewing Machines.
LOL.
Hmm
A 4c 505 bag duvetyne faded or bleached white. They had close to this color on 511 but the lines were parallel not split like 505. The bags shape changed after 508. It's a 505/4c bag. It has the black bag topper and black wheels.
Les
A 4c 505 bag duvetyne faded or bleached white. They had close to this color on 511 but the lines were parallel not split like 505. The bags shape changed after 508. It's a 505/4c bag. It has the black bag topper and black wheels.
Les
Looks like it's abandoned on a logging road
My wife and I do a lot of hiking and invariably see old cars, trucks, strange looking machinery, dumped appliances and so on. Some of the places we've been makes you wonder how that stuff got there, being that these kinds of places are just so far out there. I remember seeing an IBM PS/2 computer just laying in the middle of the woods, at least five miles from any road. Unfortunately it was too far gone but I did take a peek inside and everything was there, including the hard drive. Made me wonder who put in the effort to take it all the way out here and why, as I always wonder when I see random artifacts in the wild.
There's a lot of cool stuff out in the woods. If I see something, I always have to stop and look. Some of the things I've seen are kind of creepy, like elk skulls in this old, rusty Philco fridge I found laying on its side, rickety, eerie shacks or really old cars just daring you to pop the trunk.
If I saw that Kirby, especially it being a 500 series, I'd carry it out of there and all the way back to my rig. I'd love nothing more than to find something like this.
My wife and I do a lot of hiking and invariably see old cars, trucks, strange looking machinery, dumped appliances and so on. Some of the places we've been makes you wonder how that stuff got there, being that these kinds of places are just so far out there. I remember seeing an IBM PS/2 computer just laying in the middle of the woods, at least five miles from any road. Unfortunately it was too far gone but I did take a peek inside and everything was there, including the hard drive. Made me wonder who put in the effort to take it all the way out here and why, as I always wonder when I see random artifacts in the wild.
There's a lot of cool stuff out in the woods. If I see something, I always have to stop and look. Some of the things I've seen are kind of creepy, like elk skulls in this old, rusty Philco fridge I found laying on its side, rickety, eerie shacks or really old cars just daring you to pop the trunk.
If I saw that Kirby, especially it being a 500 series, I'd carry it out of there and all the way back to my rig. I'd love nothing more than to find something like this.
rowdy141
Well-known member
"...daring you to pop the trunk. "
Interesting
Seeing as it probably can be remade, that bag might actually look cool on a custom kirby. I actually have a sizeable garbage dump from the 1960s on the hill behind the house. I go up every winter in order to avoid snakes lol. It has stuff from the original Big Wheel to a couple wringer washers to hubcaps from 1960s cars. I even found a possibly fixable late 1950s power drill!
~K
Seeing as it probably can be remade, that bag might actually look cool on a custom kirby. I actually have a sizeable garbage dump from the 1960s on the hill behind the house. I go up every winter in order to avoid snakes lol. It has stuff from the original Big Wheel to a couple wringer washers to hubcaps from 1960s cars. I even found a possibly fixable late 1950s power drill!
~K
Hmm
If I seen that I'd put hard hat steel toes boots gloves and dive in. I more likely dive in with no protective gear. I bet blow motor off grease bearings used a good cord it would fire up.
I thought that was on your property. You have alot of cool parts in pic of your property.
Les
If I seen that I'd put hard hat steel toes boots gloves and dive in. I more likely dive in with no protective gear. I bet blow motor off grease bearings used a good cord it would fire up.
I thought that was on your property. You have alot of cool parts in pic of your property.
Les
If that kirby was on my property it would already be in the house and in restoration lol. Doing the drill will be quite tough.It was quite corroded and rusty when i found it, it was under a pile of leaves on an old car bench seat. The old cord literally broke in half when i bent it lol. Some of the screws are so stuck no amount of wd 40 will loosen them. Also, the trigger broke off, but That should be fixable though. The pic is of an identical, nicer version.
~K
~K
human
Well-known member
I snagged a drill like that from my dad's basement when they were moving three years ago. Didn't need it but it was too cool to leave behind. Besides, I already had the matching sander that went with it.
kirbyklekter
Well-known member
By any chance
have you come across any mid- fifties Frigidaire washers up there? I...oh I see, well thanks any way, just thought I'd check...never know,lol!
have you come across any mid- fifties Frigidaire washers up there? I...oh I see, well thanks any way, just thought I'd check...never know,lol!
huskyvacs
Well-known member
I have a drill just like that one. It's either a Black and Decker or a Sears - I forget. I have to wear rubber gloves when using it because my garage is miswired in reverse so it becomes live when plugged in out there, but it's fine in the house. It was my father's he bought brand new I assume and used all his life. It hasn't run since the 90's.
I found a similar one last year at Goodwill for $4 that is a Canadian-only Sears model (their version of Sears - I forgot the name). They are very tough little drills and I have no doubt in my mind that with just some grease and oil it will work just like new again.
I always prefer old tools because they can be dropped without shattering, and they don't have Nanny Nancy safety obstacles on them all over the place, and their cords are very long. I used a 1950s hedge trimmer on my bushes all the time because it has a nice handle on the side that makes it easier to hold when cutting sideways - just have to watch your fingers as your knuckles are only 2" away from the blades.
Your trash dump is a very nice treasure to have on your land, and if you get out there with a good quality metal detector (Garrett Ace) you will likely find tons and tons of stuff - be on the lookout for any bottle dumps around the property or next to the pile too.
I found a similar one last year at Goodwill for $4 that is a Canadian-only Sears model (their version of Sears - I forgot the name). They are very tough little drills and I have no doubt in my mind that with just some grease and oil it will work just like new again.
I always prefer old tools because they can be dropped without shattering, and they don't have Nanny Nancy safety obstacles on them all over the place, and their cords are very long. I used a 1950s hedge trimmer on my bushes all the time because it has a nice handle on the side that makes it easier to hold when cutting sideways - just have to watch your fingers as your knuckles are only 2" away from the blades.
Your trash dump is a very nice treasure to have on your land, and if you get out there with a good quality metal detector (Garrett Ace) you will likely find tons and tons of stuff - be on the lookout for any bottle dumps around the property or next to the pile too.
kirbyklekter
Well-known member
As huskyvacs mentioned, a metal detector
would be awesome since so many things were still made of steel. How big of an area is it, 1/2 acre or more? I'd be curious to know how long the land was used for dumping? Well, as "The Pickers" say, happy picking.
would be awesome since so many things were still made of steel. How big of an area is it, 1/2 acre or more? I'd be curious to know how long the land was used for dumping? Well, as "The Pickers" say, happy picking.
Actually, I have
But didn't find much. I have seen items from the 50s all the way to a bottle from the late 90s. It was used as a burn pit as I saw a turned over wheel with burned stuff in it. The area is basically all in the pic except a couple ripped up cans. It is up a VERY STEEP hill and was led to by a very old and overgrown atv path, although I will follow it sometime, see whose house it leads to. i am thinking of getting the nicer washer (close to the camera, made half of plastic) this winter and Turing it into a table. It is completely gutted except the lever, so it is basically a shell. The other one has literally rusted through on one side, although i saved the tag, it is a speed queen. The other had some weird name written on a sticker tag.
~K
But didn't find much. I have seen items from the 50s all the way to a bottle from the late 90s. It was used as a burn pit as I saw a turned over wheel with burned stuff in it. The area is basically all in the pic except a couple ripped up cans. It is up a VERY STEEP hill and was led to by a very old and overgrown atv path, although I will follow it sometime, see whose house it leads to. i am thinking of getting the nicer washer (close to the camera, made half of plastic) this winter and Turing it into a table. It is completely gutted except the lever, so it is basically a shell. The other one has literally rusted through on one side, although i saved the tag, it is a speed queen. The other had some weird name written on a sticker tag.
~K
Hoover300
Kieran,
The official answer is no, what you saw was a faded gray or black bag.
Kirby did, however, make a white bag ... but it was a vinyl bag without the Emtor casting, for the American Lincoln Super-Sweep 180 (1979-1982) and Super-Vac 180 (1982-1985). It could take a disposable paper bag (331668) or a reusable cloth bag (331767).
Either one of these bag setups will be hard to find, so good luck!
~Ben
Kieran,
The official answer is no, what you saw was a faded gray or black bag.
Kirby did, however, make a white bag ... but it was a vinyl bag without the Emtor casting, for the American Lincoln Super-Sweep 180 (1979-1982) and Super-Vac 180 (1982-1985). It could take a disposable paper bag (331668) or a reusable cloth bag (331767).
Either one of these bag setups will be hard to find, so good luck!
~Ben
Similar threads
