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EurekaPrince,,that Princess Model, the one that is 39.95,,,a relative of mine bought that exact model back in around 1972-73. I distintly remember the fake woodgrain top, and the red attachment holder that layed on the inside of the cannister.
They lived in a large farm house in West Central Wisconsin, and had NINE boys in the family,,nine brothers, one sister.
Of course this old farm house had mostly all worn out wall to wall carpet and wood floors.
This little Eureka Princess was a workhorse,,you can imagine cleaning up after 9 big burly farm guys every day,,comming in from the barn, fields, milkhouse, ect.
Besides running a large dairy farm, Those guys all played football, wrestled around, ect,,,all the time, so you can imagine how the carpet and floors in that house took a beating.
I know they had that Eureka for many yrs, and it never gave them any problems, and did last until after the boys were all grown and gone on their own.
I remember seeing it last about 25 yrs ago in the garage of the old farm house,,they were using it to clean out the cars. It was a little worse for the wear by then, but was STILL going.
 
Hey there Brian in Kansas!

What a neat story about the Princess!!!!! Amazing that that little vac was built well enough to perform its duties well in such a busy and "outdoorsy" household.

I always wished my parents would somehow get a Eureka canister vac to pair up with our Eureka upright. Mom found it would be easier to clean the carpeted stairs and our recreation room in the basement with a canister (instead of attaching the tools to the upright), but imagine my horror when Dad brought home a Sanyo canister for her and the cleaning lady!!! I was mortified! I can't imagine how humiliated our Eureka upright felt having to spend the rest of its days stored next to a vac from a completely different family/corporation!!! :-)

Brian in Toronto
 
Same person thats selling the $1,000 Bison. Good luck with that. I have seen those comvacs barely sell for more than $100 in better condition.
 
I'd give you maybe 50 bucks


 


I wish people would start auctions on a very low end....makes it more competitive and I might actually BUY something rather than laugh. 
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Now this Electrolux model L is mine! :)

I'm VERY happy! :)

More pics coming soon. Although its just the main unit only, I already have the matching tools in aqua.

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I had one of those vitavacs. Nice vacuum. Very powerful! Powernozzle was a little weak. Hard to find bags for it!
 
This is the reasons I don't use eBay-eJip,eRook.Sellers price their beat up machines much too high.Couple years ago bought two NEW Kirby Comvac 1600 from a dealer in Ohio-for far less than what that seller expects for his beat up one.These folks must be breathing too much dust from the bags of their beat up vacuums-That Kirby and the Bison.I want a Bison--but NOT that badly.and the one he's selling looks like a REJECT refugee from a swap shop.
 
I bid on the 505....but it was getting wayyy too pricey for my wallet. 400 bucks is about two weeks of work for me.
 
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