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The Electrolux Special Model 💕💕💕
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portable
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<span style="font-family: helvetica;">Keith - I like this one. Very clean and simple, rather pretty. It's in primo shape.</span>
Hi John 
Thanks for the kudos ! My mother had one like this one , but it got lost somehow. So I was fortunate to have found this one on EBay a few years ago, and bought it in her memory. Its in great shape , but I will need to get the bearings replaced.
Thanks for the kudos ! My mother had one like this one , but it got lost somehow. So I was fortunate to have found this one on EBay a few years ago, and bought it in her memory. Its in great shape , but I will need to get the bearings replaced.
oreck_xl
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Your Silverado Special is in excellent shape! I have both the Olympia and Silverado Special, and afaik they were available in different versions until the advent of the plastic bodied Luxes circa 1990. I wonder what cost difference would've been between a Silverado Deluxe and a Silverado Special? Also, did the last Silverado Specials come with a PN-5?
fantomfan57
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Keith....
keep those beauties coming. Personally I love your posts.
Thanks for sharing.
keep those beauties coming. Personally I love your posts.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Hershel and Gary Thanks for the compliments on my machine guys ! It would be interesting to find out what the cost difference was between the two, but as we know the Special models were offered as an alternative to buying the more expensive model. I cant recall if the last series of Silverado Specials came with the PN-5 or not but I will ask Doug to see if he would know. Have a great weekend guys and will chat with you soon [this post was last edited: 8/19/2017-21:29]
Thanks for the compliments on my machine guys ! It would be interesting to find out what the cost difference was between the two, but as we know the Special models were offered as an alternative to buying the more expensive model. I cant recall if the last series of Silverado Specials came with the PN-5 or not but I will ask Doug to see if he would know. Have a great weekend guys and will chat with you soon [this post was last edited: 8/19/2017-21:29]vac-o-matic
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Back in the day....
As a part time job I sold a ton of Olympia Ones and Silverados. If I remember correctly the "specials" were 100.00 less, so 299.00/389.00 respectively. I never sold a "special", I was always able to upsell my customers with features and a longer warranty. I remember selling an Oly and a rebuilt G to a customer who put the G out at their lakehouse. I can't remember the price on those as I only sold the one rebuilt machine. As for the uprights, I only ever sold one of those to a couple. They both vacuumed, he liked an upright, she like the Oly, so sold them both. I was never a fan of the first series of uprights. They didn't clean as well as my Eureka ESP, so I was not comfortable pushing them.
As a part time job I sold a ton of Olympia Ones and Silverados. If I remember correctly the "specials" were 100.00 less, so 299.00/389.00 respectively. I never sold a "special", I was always able to upsell my customers with features and a longer warranty. I remember selling an Oly and a rebuilt G to a customer who put the G out at their lakehouse. I can't remember the price on those as I only sold the one rebuilt machine. As for the uprights, I only ever sold one of those to a couple. They both vacuumed, he liked an upright, she like the Oly, so sold them both. I was never a fan of the first series of uprights. They didn't clean as well as my Eureka ESP, so I was not comfortable pushing them.
real1shep
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I "think" the special didn't come with a PN unless you upgraded......that's what I was told anyway. Just the floor brush et al.
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I have the "chocolate" version of the Special, called the "Deluxe Special" because it has a cord winder. I got it at an estate sale a couple years ago for "a song." I actually would rather have a cord halo than the cord winder and have been looking for that, along with a cord, ever since I got the machine.
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As you can see, it's in beautiful condition other than some loosening of the hose weaving. It looked like it was barely used. The house where the estate was held had thick wall-to-wall carpeting; most likely the people had an upright for the rugs and used the Electrolux for dusting and the few places there were bare floors -- kitchen, bathrooms, etc.
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I know of three color-schemes of the Special -- gray (Silverado), brown (Olympia) and off-white (Diamond Jubilee).
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I have the "chocolate" version of the Special, called the "Deluxe Special" because it has a cord winder. I got it at an estate sale a couple years ago for "a song." I actually would rather have a cord halo than the cord winder and have been looking for that, along with a cord, ever since I got the machine.
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As you can see, it's in beautiful condition other than some loosening of the hose weaving. It looked like it was barely used. The house where the estate was held had thick wall-to-wall carpeting; most likely the people had an upright for the rugs and used the Electrolux for dusting and the few places there were bare floors -- kitchen, bathrooms, etc.
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I know of three color-schemes of the Special -- gray (Silverado), brown (Olympia) and off-white (Diamond Jubilee).
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P.S. I know that the Model E, the early Model E-A and the Thrift Model had the same motor as the Model LX, but what about later economy models? Did the Model Ls and the Special Models have the same motors as their upper-tier model companions, or were their motors less powerful (maybe single-stage instead of two-stage etc.) I've always wondered about that.
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P.S. I know that the Model E, the early Model E-A and the Thrift Model had the same motor as the Model LX, but what about later economy models? Did the Model Ls and the Special Models have the same motors as their upper-tier model companions, or were their motors less powerful (maybe single-stage instead of two-stage etc.) I've always wondered about that.
To my knowledge, the L has the motor from the Turquoise G. The Special has the 1205 motor.
I've had a few L's...one that I'm keeping is from Toby in GA. I've also had 2 of the Special models, in Brown and Gray.
Kenny in Tulsa got the brown one, and I've kept the Gray one, to help complete my Silverado lineup.
I've had a few L's...one that I'm keeping is from Toby in GA. I've also had 2 of the Special models, in Brown and Gray.
Kenny in Tulsa got the brown one, and I've kept the Gray one, to help complete my Silverado lineup.
electrolux-dude
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The turquoise model L has the same armature and brushes of a 1205 and all the special models through the Silverado have a 1205 motor. The Diamond Jubilee specials have the Lamb style fan housings and smaller armatures.
compactc9guy
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nice job
wow some wonderful machine in this post good jobs yall.Its nice to see some one take such good care of a vacuum cleaner and keep it in pristine shape .
wow some wonderful machine in this post good jobs yall.Its nice to see some one take such good care of a vacuum cleaner and keep it in pristine shape .
ryan1994jeep
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Always loved the shade of gray from those era Lux's. I believe that is the model that was on a episode of The Golden Girls.
Thanks guys !
my mom has one
My mom has the special edition, bought it in 1982 or 1983. It still works great, the motor also still sounds really good. I recently got her a new hose for it, this one has a switch for the power nozzle. I think these use the same motor as the 1205, not quite as powerful as the upgraded motor that was used in the super j and olympia but has no problem cleaning anything. She paid extra to have the cord winder. When her power nozzle finally broke, I gave her one of the power nozzles I had for my Perfect vacuums, these nozzles fit the Electrolux vacuums perfectly. I'm not sure which power nozzle came with hers originally. The motor in these machines is very pleasant sounding, it sounds very much like the Ametek motor that was used in many canister vacuums of the 1950's and 1960's.
Mike
My mom has the special edition, bought it in 1982 or 1983. It still works great, the motor also still sounds really good. I recently got her a new hose for it, this one has a switch for the power nozzle. I think these use the same motor as the 1205, not quite as powerful as the upgraded motor that was used in the super j and olympia but has no problem cleaning anything. She paid extra to have the cord winder. When her power nozzle finally broke, I gave her one of the power nozzles I had for my Perfect vacuums, these nozzles fit the Electrolux vacuums perfectly. I'm not sure which power nozzle came with hers originally. The motor in these machines is very pleasant sounding, it sounds very much like the Ametek motor that was used in many canister vacuums of the 1950's and 1960's.
Mike
