Alan, Canadian Luxs have always differed from the American models. Without knowing any of the details, its obvious the Z30 & Z50 series shapes derive from the European models. The 80 series debuted in 1957 with the wrapper cavity turned horzontal, as the shape suggests. Uses the exact same self-sealing bag. We never got an ejection system like the LX but inside the door are the same pneumatic components & adjustment dial to stop the motor & pop the door.
Biggest difference is the hose connector mechanism and the connector diameter. An American hose is too large to fit Canadian , while a Canadian hose will fit American loosely. American uses two press latches while Canadian uses a sprung slipring with 6 ball bearing engaging inside a groove. Meaning both hoses are free to rotate in their couplings.
Our AP series was the first Plastic Canadian Lux equivalent to the US 1205 and even then we got different body styling on the same chassis...Sorta like we got Buicks and you got Oldsmobiles.
Oh, how well I remember Mom's Red Lux. She would tow me up & down the long central wood hallway and over the livingroom carpets. Just like we would sing all her favorite songs from the 40's & 50's while doing the dishes we would sing 'at the top of our lungs' while vacuuming. She was a modern gal with 2 young scamps and a 3rd on the way, just moved to the suburbs and Red was her favorite color. Red headed Aunt Carol got a blue Constellation and that just kept me enthralled. In 1967 (Canada's Centennial year) when I was 14 Mom traded up to a green Z89 but my vac riding days were behind me by then. I don't recall she got the Power Nozzle. 'Round about 1980 Dad was using it as his workshop basement vac (Mom had gone back to a Filter Queen) with replacement white hose when he got a spankin' new Shop-Vac, and that's when I rescued it in the nick of time from the garage trash heap on a chance weekend visit. The matching pigtail power hose was long gone & replaced with a non power generic but the collapsing power wand is intact. I found the PN1 in a Salvation Army store a few years back. The rubber motor mount ring had torn away so I replaced that and it sucks strong & quiet like new. Now on the alert to her son's additional peculiarities, Mom gave me the Filter Queen in the 90s when she went to Sears and got an easier to tow around Kenmore canister. Now that she's a feisty widow in a huge 3 bedroom apartment she's got a central vac setup.
Just this past week I got the green non-electric hose with trigger switch nozzle and the green clip on power cord gifted from Doug Smith in Saskatoon...cause I won the ZB55 and tweed ZB57 he had up on eBay. And that's why I have an extra excellent red woven hose for your 88, Pete.
I'll keep my eyes open for green tools for you and hopefully in November I'll drop off the hose to you on my way back from Butler PA and North Canton...
Dave
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