hygiene903
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Rick,
Enjoyed the manual and your humourous commentary as well! Thanks for posting it.
Jeff
Enjoyed the manual and your humourous commentary as well! Thanks for posting it.
Jeff
The Universal E65 (later VC6700) owner's manual .
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chestermikeuk
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Universal - Wot!! No Hairdryer bag???
Oh you funny man!!! we need a shirt off demonstration!!!nice one, is this your favourite vac?? Mike
Oh you funny man!!! we need a shirt off demonstration!!!nice one, is this your favourite vac?? Mike
Rick what fun, your added comments made it perfect. Dave, look on page 15, I think the hubby finally sprang for the cord. Just wonder too if this was a quiet vacuum, must have been if you would keep it running in your room when you were sick. I wonder what this machine would have costed new? Thanks for sharing this one!!
The poor woman in her deathbed looks frightened. What would happen if that thing fell over and lit on her face? Lawsuit perhaps, or a massive facial hickey? Might be good for blackheads though....
hamiltonbeachbo
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Hey Rick,
I love instruction manuals and your commentary is the best.
Nice Sunday morning belly laugh on this end.
Also, nice hose on that machine .... able to reach the most remote crevices.
Thanks for sharing!!
I love instruction manuals and your commentary is the best.
Nice Sunday morning belly laugh on this end.
Also, nice hose on that machine .... able to reach the most remote crevices.
Thanks for sharing!!
crevicetool
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I hope you enjoyed it kids......
Mike, This vacuum is my first association with vacuum cleaners. I first made contact with this Universal in 1960. It was my grandmother's. I had more fun with that machine! I saw it last in 1968, the last time I visited my grandparents at their house. I never saw one again(or any Universal) until I joined this club. Then, I was able to acquire one. The one I have is not restored yet, as I have not mastered "Hammertone".
Terry, Universals have a unique sound, especially when first started. They were not as quiet as Lux, but certainly not the loudest machines either. Any machine with the front cover removed like the one in the picture is not going to be very soothing to most (non-collectors) people!
Alan, you kill me. Hard to explain a whole-face hickey! Can't blame the clothesline for that one!
Mike, This vacuum is my first association with vacuum cleaners. I first made contact with this Universal in 1960. It was my grandmother's. I had more fun with that machine! I saw it last in 1968, the last time I visited my grandparents at their house. I never saw one again(or any Universal) until I joined this club. Then, I was able to acquire one. The one I have is not restored yet, as I have not mastered "Hammertone".
Terry, Universals have a unique sound, especially when first started. They were not as quiet as Lux, but certainly not the loudest machines either. Any machine with the front cover removed like the one in the picture is not going to be very soothing to most (non-collectors) people!
Alan, you kill me. Hard to explain a whole-face hickey! Can't blame the clothesline for that one!
normvac
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I have to say, I was a believer after our air way 66 demo.
That vacuum cleaners could do anything, anytime, anywhere.
Dose she even do dishes without her Universal ??
All to funny !
Norm
That vacuum cleaners could do anything, anytime, anywhere.
Dose she even do dishes without her Universal ??
All to funny !
Norm
collector2
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The same machine was sold as a Gleneaton Model VC6007(Dark Red) in Canada. That was one of the house brands for the Eatons department stores.
kenmore81
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To funny.Love it.
That was awsume Rick. I think I could sleep with a Lux model L running,but never experianced a Universal before.
Norm,To do dishes with your Universal(sorry I do not have the illistrated instructions).
Step1: Don your best apron
Step2: Bring you dishes out to the patio and line them along the fence or house.
Step3: Connect as for blowing to you No.11 hose,Fill your No.9 sprayer half full with Pamolive 1/4 = 3/4 soloution.
Step4: Turn on your Universal,Spray dishes thoroughly with soap solution.
Step5: Fill a glass with ice vodka and Sprite,sip slowly while dishes soak.
Step5: Fill a glass with ice vodka and Sprite,sip slowly while dishes soak.
Step6 Fill glass with vodka I ce ,and sprite.
Step7: Rinse with garden hose,Let air dry while you enjoy your vodka Sprite and iCe.
That was awsume Rick. I think I could sleep with a Lux model L running,but never experianced a Universal before.
Norm,To do dishes with your Universal(sorry I do not have the illistrated instructions).
Step1: Don your best apron
Step2: Bring you dishes out to the patio and line them along the fence or house.
Step3: Connect as for blowing to you No.11 hose,Fill your No.9 sprayer half full with Pamolive 1/4 = 3/4 soloution.
Step4: Turn on your Universal,Spray dishes thoroughly with soap solution.
Step5: Fill a glass with ice vodka and Sprite,sip slowly while dishes soak.
Step5: Fill a glass with ice vodka and Sprite,sip slowly while dishes soak.
Step6 Fill glass with vodka I ce ,and sprite.
Step7: Rinse with garden hose,Let air dry while you enjoy your vodka Sprite and iCe.
crevicetool
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Terry.....
I was looking for something that had the prices listed for this machine. I couldn't find it. But I did have this - I thought I would post it. It was a distributor's leaflet to hand out to retailers. It was dated 1947. So they were selling this machine at least that late. I wonder then, when the VC6702 began and ended production. That's the one that looked like the rocket ship. Because.....the last post here is for the Jet99, which started around 1949. I don't know then if they made those machines simultaneously offering both a tank and canister.
Notice, it's the same pictures as in the manual but they "painted over" the polished ends. They started painting the actual machine ends hammertone along with the body. This must be when they changed the model number.
I was looking for something that had the prices listed for this machine. I couldn't find it. But I did have this - I thought I would post it. It was a distributor's leaflet to hand out to retailers. It was dated 1947. So they were selling this machine at least that late. I wonder then, when the VC6702 began and ended production. That's the one that looked like the rocket ship. Because.....the last post here is for the Jet99, which started around 1949. I don't know then if they made those machines simultaneously offering both a tank and canister.
Notice, it's the same pictures as in the manual but they "painted over" the polished ends. They started painting the actual machine ends hammertone along with the body. This must be when they changed the model number.
crevicetool
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I particularly like this side of the leaflet...
It shows all the sales aids available. I would love to have one of those counter signs...maroon with chrome-faced letters for $1.80! There's Universal's carrying case (chest).
It shows all the sales aids available. I would love to have one of those counter signs...maroon with chrome-faced letters for $1.80! There's Universal's carrying case (chest).
crevicetool
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Here's the Jet99....
1949 (I think)....and it's priced at $89.95. The newsletter article on the Consumer Reports.....Electrolux AE $89.75! We talked about this. I have this machine too.
1949 (I think)....and it's priced at $89.95. The newsletter article on the Consumer Reports.....Electrolux AE $89.75! We talked about this. I have this machine too.
Thanks for posting that Rick, very interesting that they also had a storage chest. I have a feeling there were more of those out there than we know about. Interesting to that the Jet 99 didn't have any wheels or runners. I wonder if it was hard to pull around. Or does it have wheels and we just can't see them?
crevicetool
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No wheels on this model...
Though they did add them later. For this one, you could buy the "carrier" (shown on the ad under special introductory offer), that gave the machine wheels. It's a very heavy machine and sort of has runners pressed into the bottom of the machine. I think the intention was to place the machine in the center of the room and move it when your hose could no longer reach.
Though they did add them later. For this one, you could buy the "carrier" (shown on the ad under special introductory offer), that gave the machine wheels. It's a very heavy machine and sort of has runners pressed into the bottom of the machine. I think the intention was to place the machine in the center of the room and move it when your hose could no longer reach.
akabent
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Well, I managed to keep....
....my shirt on(your directive, above.) However.......Oops!
VERY NICE PICS, Rick. And very fun to see. (Brings back great memories of machines of my childhood at least 8 years back.) LOL
Rick
....my shirt on(your directive, above.) However.......Oops!
VERY NICE PICS, Rick. And very fun to see. (Brings back great memories of machines of my childhood at least 8 years back.) LOL
Rick
crevicetool
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Got this one today.....
and someone - who will remain nameless - forced me to stay up and scan this one. It was a large one, Life magazine sized so I scanned it and cut and pasted (literally) and re-scanned it.
More confused than ever now as to which machines were offered when, as now THREE different models are displayed in this ad!
Gotta get up to New Britain...
and someone - who will remain nameless - forced me to stay up and scan this one. It was a large one, Life magazine sized so I scanned it and cut and pasted (literally) and re-scanned it.
More confused than ever now as to which machines were offered when, as now THREE different models are displayed in this ad!
Gotta get up to New Britain...
vintagehoover
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Does anyone have information about, or photos of, the 2 Universal uprights pictured in the ad Rick posted above? Were they good? Popular? Reliable? I don't remember seeing many (if any) on eBay...
(and who needs a 'New' Britain? What's wrong with the old one?!)
(and who needs a 'New' Britain? What's wrong with the old one?!)
I can't imagine anyone who would be so thoughtless as to make you stay up to get this scanned. You just never know about people. But considering the fact that this is an "offer of your life" I know that I sure appreciate the fact that you did!! We learn something new everyday. I didn't realize that Universal offered a cart for their vacuums, sure makes it look like a Kenmore Commander on the cart. Any idea of the date for this ad Rick? For $74.50 you sure didn't get many attachments. I would have gone for the Deluxe model myself!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
aeoliandave
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OMG, OMG, OMG! Just had a Universal/Kenmore/Eureka revelatio
Rick, could you do cropped scan of the lower right corner showing the Universal on the cart? By screwing up my eyes I can almost tell that is the very same 'kenkart' type trolley my Kenmore Commander came strapped in to. The wide strap with snap fasteners looks the same! Btw, the handle is in two parts and I turned mine around to tuck it into the corner. I knew at the time it wasn't the official Kenmore Ken-Kart and figured it was some Fits-All aftermarket trolley for any cylinder.
Come to think of it, I seem to recall something about Universal labeled on the bottom, but of course I always assumed that meant Generic universal fit.
Later today I will pull it out of the corner and take way too many pictures of the Mystery almost Solved Cart.
Dave, re-thinking assumptions.
Rick, could you do cropped scan of the lower right corner showing the Universal on the cart? By screwing up my eyes I can almost tell that is the very same 'kenkart' type trolley my Kenmore Commander came strapped in to. The wide strap with snap fasteners looks the same! Btw, the handle is in two parts and I turned mine around to tuck it into the corner. I knew at the time it wasn't the official Kenmore Ken-Kart and figured it was some Fits-All aftermarket trolley for any cylinder.
Come to think of it, I seem to recall something about Universal labeled on the bottom, but of course I always assumed that meant Generic universal fit.
Later today I will pull it out of the corner and take way too many pictures of the Mystery almost Solved Cart.
Dave, re-thinking assumptions.
