The last time these will be together...The NORTH CAROLINA FIFTY-SEVEN!!!

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Rick,

My only concern is, where is your wife making you sleep...her home has been invaded by vacuums....hopefully there is a comfortable spot in the garage for you...if not, I do have room here in Iowa...LOL

Oh, and I do have a harpischord stop on the organ! And the piano for that matter!
 
Mini-van....

Well Morgan, since the seats were already out of the mini-van, a nice air mattress provides Rick with plenty of comfort inside the van while his family sleeps warm and snuggly inside the house!

Rick and Terry! What an undertaking! You have a great plan there. Sounds fair and honest to me! I know how you must have felt about saving those vacuums from sure destruction. I find old vacuums all the time and even though I may have them already, I buy them anyway in case a fellow collector might want it. I consider it a rescue.

Good luck with this enormous project!!!

Marty
 
That's not the worst of it! Why, I don't know....but we seem to be trying to adopt a stray kitten. Named, (for now) Kitty. We've been setting food out for it just inside the garage door. I think my snoring scares it and it runs away after eating. I'll be glad when I can move back into the house!

Rick
 
It's really been lots of fun reading the chronicles of this great adventure.

I hope any comments I may have made now or in the past has not fueled any misgivings about posting eBay auctions in Vacuumland. If that is the case I am indeed sorry.

I did say that I no longer feel the way I used to about it, and said that I don't see any reason why people can't post links to their own listings. I did also say that I didn't see any reason why people would post links to other people's auctions, but that was not to say I presumed to decree that they should not do so. I just didn't -- and still don't -- understand why they would do so.

I wish you well with your endeavor and hope everyone finds something they can enjoy having. For myself, I have stopped acquiring any further vacuum cleaners and indeed am going to dispose of the bulk of my collection, as you plan to do, via eBay, keeping only the machines that really mean the most to me. I have had to dismantle and dispose of my workshop and storage space.

Since I no longer have a place to work on machines and to store them, what's the point in hanging on to such an extensive collection? It's just become a burden, and, as such, the joy of having them has dissipated.
 
Wow...

I'm really impressed, and laud you for what you guys are doing. You surely have your work cut out for you, what with selling the vacs on eBay, the packing, the shipping...and no doubt, the fretting about the whole undertaking. I only hope that you've got folks who will be able to help you with this enormous task.

Thank you for what you are doing.

Joe
 
Rick and Terry,

If you're interested in selling the aqua/black flat rectangular (Westinghouse), I'd love to have it along with the pink Jet 99 or similar two tone green one. Also if you have an attachment set for a Hoover 61 with a cloth and ultraflex hose. :)

~Alex
 
Christmas Came Early!

Wow,Wow,Wow!
What a load of Honeys! Great Find Rick and Terry, thanks so much for saving these great vintage machines!
Hope these find great homes where they won't be abused!
We will be in touch!
HAPPY VACUUMING !!
Tania- airwaylady
 
Begging everyone's pardon while I state the obvious...

That red one is a Saniway, more or less just like the one Fred Stachnik found in the Minneapolis area on Saturday morning and posted about, um, this morning. :-)

As this thread discloses above, the methods of dispersal have been decided. If anyone has not been contacted privately by the Honorably Scrupulous Rick or Terry, based on who first indicated interest back when I posted about this collection on August 18th and according to private sale/gifting availability after Terry and Rick make their own cull of course, the remaining vacuums matched to whatever hoses and accessories Rick can manage will be available to all on Ebay and we will be advised right here when the first ones go on Ebay.

I, for one, look forward to the Ebay listings where I will have a level field chance to bid on any items that really demand my interest and potential win.

Dave

http://www.vacuumland.org/TD/THREADS/VINTAGE/7128.htm?24
 
To Electrolux Dude

You have an Electrolux C A, could you let this one pass so I can get it? I'm not greedy but that is one machine I've been dreaming of since 1964.

Thanks buddy!

Alex Taber.
 

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