I know what feeling you're talking about...
I really want to find a Classic 1-CR/Omega or a really old Kirby (pre-Sanitronic, maybe even the 1-C thru 3-C, though that might be stretching it -- I doubt I'd find something that old at Goodwill or Value Village). I have had that "gut feeling" that I'd find one of those at a thrift store many times before, but have come up short. Haven't went in a while. I had a close call a while back when I saw pieces (including the brushroll nozzle) to an Omega, but no motor unit.
I wouldn't turn down a Royal, a Hoover Convertible or a Sanitaire/Eureka F&G either, even though I already own an example of each. Alas, none of those are ever around as well. Just the stuff that one would see on the shelves at Walmart, Target or Best Buy, and maybe an older (late '90s - early '00s) plastic vacuum.
Come to think of it, it would be really cool to find a Bison too. Almost "winning the lottery" exciting. I wouldn't be able to fully restore it -- parts availability is long gone, I'm sure -- but it would be awesome just to have a decent-looking and running example hanging around as a conversation piece. Still, I'm almost positive I will never see one at a thrift store.
