Very Old Royal

[hoover300]

I acquired this in trade yesterday, time to get cracking! The motor looks good through the vents and everything except the strain relief and rear oiler cap are intact. Any ideas when this variant came out? The last patent date is 1921. The handle tube is black painted metal also, not wood. Only one cord hook and no spot for a bottom one.

 

[lesinutah]

Iirc

It was 1923-1927 somewhere in there.

 

[hoover300]

*Serial is 310241

 

[hygiene903]

Early Royal

Nice find there, but definitely a diamond in the rough. I have one too, and mine is still a work in progress. Mine was made in April of 1926 and going by the serial number, yours is older as the serial on mine is 483480. If by chance you have to take it apart for motor repair, you will find the month and year it was built stamped on the armature. Here's a couple pics of mine when I first got it. First one is a pic of the whole vac, second is a closeup of the nozzle, fan case, and bag outlet, third is a closeup of the handle showing the unusual push button switch. Hope this helps, and good luck with your restoration.
Jeff

 

[mivintagevacs]

Nice find! I think this might be a 1925 model like the one that I am finishing up. I’ve attached a link to my thread. It includes a bunch of info on these and some discussion around the differences between model years. I hope this helps and good luck with yours!

https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?44215_140~2

 

[lesinutah]

Nice

Jeff where you get the bag? Great project and hope it works out.

 

[hoover300]

Looking at the age of the previous wiring and the immaculate condition of the motor internals(I did not clean for the pic!) I think this was restored decades ago and sat in the sun. The bag strap came off the second I turned it on so for a quick fix I put wire thru the bag seam and put a chain/spring on that wire. The front wheels I don't believe are original, but close enough for me. The bushings have been replaced and honestly the front one could probably be replaced again. If only I knew how to do that..

The handle had been sprayed black long ago. I found overspray on the grip and fork. After stripping it away I thought I should base it on Tom Gasko's Royal and did it in silver hammertone(not plated like his) paint. Same goes for the nozzle lock and the back wheel bracket(which had also been sprayed black). I would like to plate them but that seems to be very expensive. Maybe in the future though!

Here she is!

 

[hoover300]

MiVintageVacs - You have made yours immaculate. I hope to get mine that nice someday. Bravo!!!

 

[hygiene903]

Beautiful!

Excellent restoration work! If I can get mine looking half as good as that I'll be happy. And Les, the bag you see on mine was on it when I got it. Think it might be original, but I'm not sure. Needs a little mending though.
Jeff

 

[mivintagevacs]

Beautiful job on yours and so nice to have what looks to be an original bag and bag clamp! It’s cool to see it running with bag inflated. I’m still working on a bag for mine and I’m missing the clamp so I’ll have to make one to finish my project. Yours is pretty close in serial number to mine and has the same style nameplate that I replicated. Did you see a date on your armature when you had it apart?