The Kirby 2R is restored!

[kc_kirby]

Well, after seemingly forever, I finally finished restoring my Kirby 2R. If you remember, I got this on Ebay last summer right before the convention and it was shipped very poorly but survived the trip intact somehow. This is probably one of my rarest vacuums I own right now, next to my Utility. This first pic is a before restoration pic. Enjoy the pics!

 

[cleaningbuff]

pics

where are the other pics?

 

[kc_kirby]

Here's an after restoration pic....

 

[kc_kirby]

Close up of Motor

 

[kc_kirby]

Other side

 

[crevicetool]

WOW!!!!

Great job Chad!!!! It looks brand new!!! You musta spent days polishing that machine!!!! Fantastic!!!


Good job!
Rick

 

[marukap]

Absolutely stunning, Chad!

 

[vinvac]

Awesome job Chad!

Kirby at it's finest!

Morgan

 

[luxg]

Beautiful Chad, did you polish this by hand or machine? Must have taken you hours!! You should be very proud of the beauty!!

Terry

 

[aeoliandave]

Spectaculuscious, Chad. Well worth every drop of elbow grease it took to get it to gleaming & glamorous perfection.

An inspiration to us all.

Dave

 

[hygiene903]

Chad,

What a beautiful machine it is! You did an excellent job!
Jeff

 

[beerad]

beautiful

Wow! What a beautiful Kirby!!

 

[kc_kirby]

Terry, I did use a bench grinder with buffing wheels to polish it up. This machine had lots of scratches, maybe the worst one I've polished up. So yeah, it took quite a while to get all or most of the scratches out of the aluminum.

Chad

 

[kenmore81]

Very Nice look at that "kirby shine". It looks like new =)

 

[luxg]

Thanks for the information Chad, all of your hard work really shows and has paid off.
Terry

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Great job!!

Hi Chad.

You done a a great job. You can come over and help me with my kirby's.... I'll be glad of the help

James

 

[briankirbyclass]

WOW, beautiful job Chad! Is the on/off switch on a 2R in the handle or? I didnt realize it dosent have the usual pre 500 series toe switch.

 

[kc_kirby]

Yes, Brian, you are correct. The "R" series Kirby's had the switch in the handle. They are pretty rare which is why you probably haven't seen that many of them.