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The other day when Arlee was cleaning his room he asked me to bring him a vacuum cleaner. I got out my gray wrinkle-finish factory rebuilt Model G for him. He fussed about it being so heavy. He doesn't like uprights but needed a motor-driven brush for the carpeting in his room so he went ahead and used it, complaining the whole time.
So today I got to thinking when I saw one of my Electrolux E-Automatics in the hallway, one without a cord winder. It weighs a lot less than a Model G and it's easier to maneuver around a smaller room. I thought that might be a nice one for him to use. So I went down to my workshop and poked around and found one of those top trim pieces with the power nozzle outlet and installed it on the E-A.
At first, I set it up with a long-single-cord power nozzle from a Model F, thinking it would be fun to imagine how some nice housewife decided to upgrade her E-A when the Friendly Electrolux Man came around to show the "All New" Model F.
In my imaginary role play, she told him she certainly did not need a new vacuum cleaner since hers was only a year old! But when he demonstrated the power nozzle and said he could adapt her E-Automatic for one, she bought one. He suggested a new hose as well, but she, being frugal-minded, kept her original hose since it was "still perfectly good."
But, then, I came to my senses: For practicality's sake, I set up the E-A with a more flexible, vinyl electric hose and a newer power nozzle with a headlight -- easier to use, more powerful, and less for Arlee to grumble about! (I can play "The Frugal Housewife" when I use it! hahahaha) He gave it a test drive down the hallway and said he likes it.
So there it now sits in the hallway, our current "weekly driver" -- or until the novelty wears off.
Here are a few photos...
[this post was last edited: 9/18/2016-00:37]
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The other day when Arlee was cleaning his room he asked me to bring him a vacuum cleaner. I got out my gray wrinkle-finish factory rebuilt Model G for him. He fussed about it being so heavy. He doesn't like uprights but needed a motor-driven brush for the carpeting in his room so he went ahead and used it, complaining the whole time.
So today I got to thinking when I saw one of my Electrolux E-Automatics in the hallway, one without a cord winder. It weighs a lot less than a Model G and it's easier to maneuver around a smaller room. I thought that might be a nice one for him to use. So I went down to my workshop and poked around and found one of those top trim pieces with the power nozzle outlet and installed it on the E-A.
At first, I set it up with a long-single-cord power nozzle from a Model F, thinking it would be fun to imagine how some nice housewife decided to upgrade her E-A when the Friendly Electrolux Man came around to show the "All New" Model F.
In my imaginary role play, she told him she certainly did not need a new vacuum cleaner since hers was only a year old! But when he demonstrated the power nozzle and said he could adapt her E-Automatic for one, she bought one. He suggested a new hose as well, but she, being frugal-minded, kept her original hose since it was "still perfectly good."
But, then, I came to my senses: For practicality's sake, I set up the E-A with a more flexible, vinyl electric hose and a newer power nozzle with a headlight -- easier to use, more powerful, and less for Arlee to grumble about! (I can play "The Frugal Housewife" when I use it! hahahaha) He gave it a test drive down the hallway and said he likes it.
So there it now sits in the hallway, our current "weekly driver" -- or until the novelty wears off.
Here are a few photos...
[this post was last edited: 9/18/2016-00:37]
