The latest addition to my collection

[vintagevaclover]

A big box showed up on my porch the yesterday and my latest eBay purchase was inside. It needs some repairs which I will be doing soon. I have been looking for a Eureka or Sanitaire with this style hood for a long time, I didn't even know that they were available in chrome until I saw this one. I have some big restoration plans for this vac!

 

[vac-o-matic]

That'll be a stunner when you are finished! Good score!

 

[rugsucker]

my former Eureka

Glad it has a good home and a great rug to clean.This was always a rarely seen model.Will be easier to find basic parts than this combination of bag,chrome and wide bumper.And you can pick and choose cord length,type of agitator,to repaint or not,etc.Or maybe a chrome handle?Enjoy--Happy Vacuuming.
(I have a few deluxe Eurekas and several from the blue period left.Watch EBay or save me the trouble and bring a truck!)

 

[vintagevaclover]

Restoration

Yes! A chrome handle with a blue handle grip & cord hooks (all new from Sanitaire) is exactly what I want for this. I would also like to put a blue 35' commercial cord on it as well. I would never paint such a lovely chrome hood, so I'll leave that alone. As for the bag, I've ordered a Sanitare Blue F&G Triple Allergen Filtration bag with the red yin-yang logo of coarse. And for the motor, I'm also going to order a 7Amp Sanitaire Heavy Duty Commercial Motor to put in this one for some extra power. I also plan to put a Vibra-Groomer 1 helix brushroll with the beater bars in it. I've never actually seen a vintage Sanitaire that was blue, did they have those? Or will this be the first one?

 

[vintagevaclover]

Replacement Bag

The new bag arrived today, but the company sent the wrong one. Ugh lol. I ordered one that was kind of a royal blue with the red logo. The one they sent me is a slate blue color and dosent have a logo. It looks like the one that comes on the new Sanitaire professional series vacs, but it won't match my blue bumper. Oh well, now I have to send it back and get the right one. Ugh lol

 

[loganvac]

I have a model like that but it includes a headlight. Does yours happen to be five amps or higher by any chance?

 

[vintagevaclover]

No, it's a 3.5 Amp right now, but not for long, I'm going to put a heavy duty 7 Amp Sanitaire commercial motor in it.

 

[smow69]

bag

good luck on the new bag cool vac i saw it on ebay. if you sell the old bag i would be interested.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Re: Bag

Sure. Email mail me about it

 

[floor-a-matic]

I thought this was a rare RetroVac. If this ain't a Retrovac, when was this Eureka upright produced?

 

[vintagevaclover]

Sometime in the 1970s if I'm not mistaken.

 

[smow69]

bag

is this the bag your wanting

 

[vintagevaclover]

Blue Bag

Yes! That is exactly it!

 

[vintagevaclover]

The Project is FINALLY Almost Done!!!

This has been one of my longest running projects but now all that's left is the commercial-length blue cord, the right hood decals, & the Vibra-Groomer 1 brushroll. It runs sooo well though and I have a few more pics to come.

 

[Vacuummania]

Awesome vac

I love these old Eurekas, especially the lovely shape of the hood. I've been meaning to get a chrome hood Sanitaire for a while, but I've had other projects. You did a great job on that one! My 1424 has the same shape hood, too.

 

[vintagevaclover]

This has to be my favourite hood style that Sanitaire/ Eureka made. The only thing that this one lacks is the headlight but that isn't a huge deal for me. This one is the first one in that style I've ever seen in chrome so I had to have it lol. There were not many Sanitaires made with this hood style except for the very early ones I think.

 

[vintagevaclover]

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[vintagevaclover]

The right logo

 

[vintagevaclover]

Attachement Set

I found a set of Eureka/Sanitaire upright attachments in one of my parts boxes and fit this machine!