alexb1186
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We are in Kansas City looking around the vacuum shops. Our first stop is in Odessa, where unfortunately I come up dry. Then it's off to Independence where we visit Mr C's on 23rd. They had a nice vintage Celebrity Elite canister, but I did not get the price. A few streets up, we visit their second location, aka "Way Overpriced City." A "used" U4453 costs $59, a "new" Guardsman U4515 from Jan 1988 costs $200, and a "new" Innovation red bag costs $150. At Mr C's South Kansas City location, it's the same thing, overpriced. A U4409 with the
gray hood and the generic beige top fill bag is $75, a Concept one is $100. Up in Gladstone is the American Vacuum Company, where they had zilch and their "graveyard" isn't open to the public. Going south on 435 we stop at the Raytown Vacuum Shop, where I manage to find this Montgomery Ward badged bagless Hoover Convertible for $10. He also had a U4119 he'd sell me for $10, but I declined, thinking I had won the same thing on eBay (Which I didn't). And in Blue Springs, it's the House of Vacuums on Highway 40, where I come up dry too, but the guy was nice enough to give me his yellow pages from last year.
And after cleaning out the cobwebs, spritzing the motor with air duster, and putting in a new light bulb, the thing works.
Also, does anyone know how to remove the cloth upper bag off the dust cup so I can wash it? And if anyone has a spare top fill bag tube and/or a blue striped vinyl/cloth bag please email me!!
gray hood and the generic beige top fill bag is $75, a Concept one is $100. Up in Gladstone is the American Vacuum Company, where they had zilch and their "graveyard" isn't open to the public. Going south on 435 we stop at the Raytown Vacuum Shop, where I manage to find this Montgomery Ward badged bagless Hoover Convertible for $10. He also had a U4119 he'd sell me for $10, but I declined, thinking I had won the same thing on eBay (Which I didn't). And in Blue Springs, it's the House of Vacuums on Highway 40, where I come up dry too, but the guy was nice enough to give me his yellow pages from last year.
And after cleaning out the cobwebs, spritzing the motor with air duster, and putting in a new light bulb, the thing works.
Also, does anyone know how to remove the cloth upper bag off the dust cup so I can wash it? And if anyone has a spare top fill bag tube and/or a blue striped vinyl/cloth bag please email me!!
