Transformation of my Kirby 560

[electrolux~137]

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[electrolux~137]

The tan G has a more powerful motor than the turquoise models. I =believe= it's the same motor used in the 1205 and Golden Jubilee. Then when the Super J came out, it had a more powerful motor yet. And boy does it scream.

 

[vac_whisperer]

Very nice, charles... The 560 is one of my favorite kirbys, with the colors, the design of the belt-lifter and the bag... Magnificent.

VW

 

[eurekastar]

Outstanding! The 560 is my favorite and you did a fantastic job doing a hand polish! Have you ever tried "Wenol" polish before? I have a friend who is an auto detailer and he recently gave me a tube. I've been using it with 0000 steel wool in those two crevices around the Emtor latch. It works extremely well. AGAIN, outstanding job! Thanks for posting!

 

[djtaylor]

Wow...

Charles, simply stunning. I think I may have to go back over my 'fleet' of Kirbys with the Mother's and steel wool.
Very nice work.
Justin

 

[electrolux~137]

A lady from my former church stopped by for lunch yesterday as she was in the neighborhood. My newly refurbished 560 was still standing in the living room. When she saw it she said, "WOW! When I was a little girl we had that EXACT vacuum cleaner! I clearly remember the pretty gold sunburst on the front of it!"

She went over and had a look at it, exclaiming how beautiful it was. And get this -- she thought it was new!! She said, "I can't believe they haven't changed the style of their vacuum in all these years!" I let out a great chuckle and exclaimed it was not new at all, but had just had a "semi-spa treatment."


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And speaking of gold sunbursts ... I have spoken in the past at some length about the iconography in Electrolux logos with roots in Freemasonry and other esoteric and hermetic origins.

Now I have just realized that here, staring me in the face for many years, is a Kirby logo containing esoteric symbology.

The 560 belt lifter is a circle within a triangle -- known as the "Trine Compass" in Freemasonry. The belt lifter itself is the triangle, then the circle within it is the circular Kirby logo. To top it off is the golden radiance behind the Kirby logo -- called a "Glory" in Freemasonry. Coincidence??!

 

[jodan3399]

Beautiful!!

 

[portable]

veddy veddy nice mr lester....

 

[electrolux~137]

@portable - tenk yuu veddy mach

 

[luxz80]

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