didn't know Sunbeam made uprights like that until now.Su
Just a chime in....
The Sunbeam Company only made their own canister vacuums, and maybe their scrubber buffers to my knowledge.
Sunbeam, I think found the cost of making their very OWN upright too high, or maybe just never even tried to make their own. However, to stay competitive they needed an upright.. So, they farmed out for an upright, and ended up choosing Singer Sewing Machine Company, who rebadged/re-bodied their then current TWIN-Fan style upright for them. There was also TMK a three or four model tier kinda thing.This one being at or near the bottom. I know someone who has this same color match to the era of machine, but his has a Cord Reel, and a Headlight. Which usually denoted a TOL model.
IMHO, These machines if properly set-up, properly used, properly maintained and serviced when needed, were for the time one of the better vacuums. They WERE louder than average, and were more "quirky" than a contemporary Hoover Convertible. At the time the machine that every vacuum was judged against.
However, when the average housewife used it like most of the world uses their vacuums they did NOT hold up too well. Singers had higher than average mortality rates it seems. This example was used very lightly and so it survived. I personaly have a upper middle of the line later model with a two-speed handle switch, and a headlight done in the more familiar drab green colors of the seventies. I also have a few Singers that are low mileage and look very similar to this...
I love these TwinFans....
Chad
