The PINK Lady Kenmore Whispertone

[williamr1248]

The Pink Lady Kenmore Whispertone

Tom,
That is one fine example of a vintage cleaner.
It looks like it is "the Kirby" of canisters compared to the Electrolux G sitting beside it! The Electrolux looks so trim and slim. Even the Lux power nozzle looks trim and easy to use compared to the huge Kenmore foot print.
Can you imagine a small housewife trying to pull that Kenmore around corners and between the sofa and coffee table! Wow

Can you imagine pulling that through a thick shag carpet and lugging it up and down stairs on a Tri-Llevel house from the 60's.


Sure glad you found such a nice example. That is one serious sweeper.

 

[dysonman1]

Thanks Rob. It took many people and real effort to get this thing together. It definitely came 'separately'. Donnie (my BF) found the machine, the hose is from the Kenmore 90 Whispertone, and the power nozzle find belongs squarely on the shoulders of Chad Michael from Michigan - fellow Simplicity dealer and all around GREAT GUY.

 

[kirbylux77]

Tom, that Kenmore looks really nice! I bet you are glad to be able to have it to show off in the Museum. Now, when you say the bag set-up was all wrong....could it have been entirely possible that Kenmore was trying to create the "cyclonic" effect in the bags, the same as Regina tried to do in the late 70's with their canisters? It just occurred to me as I was reading this thread tonight that this may have been their intentions when designing the vacuum.

Rob