Vintage Kirby Model 560 for sale on eBay

[lilkidtech]

Hi my name is Ben and I'm an avid collector and also a vacuum salesman. I recently have listed one of my personal collection pieces for sale on eBay, and I must say she is a beauty. I still have to add some more photos to the description area but I figured rather than my regular 5 days I'll do 7 and get it up there asap.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141364392464?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi,

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Hi Benjamin, That's a great looking Kirby there. You have done a great job restoring it. I'm sure you will find another collector that will want to take it off your hands and give it a new home.</span>


 


<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James

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[eurekastar]

That is indeed a beautifully restored 560. With all the accessories, it's a real show stopper!

 

[electrolux137]

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WOW, that really is a beauty, Ben! I love the photo where you laid out the accessories just as they appear in the instruction booklet. Very nice touch! I hope it finds a loving and deserving home.

 

[ronni]

That's just GRAND, Ben! If there's such a thing as "Kirby Royalty" the Model 560 pictured above is it! Congratulations on your handiwork.

I do wonder if the "Motor Driven Floor Polisher" served a triple purpose along with scrubbing and shampooing? Otherwise, are the Miracle Head and the Rug Renovator missing? My Kirby knowledge is limited.

 

[super-sweeper]

Ronni, the Rug-Renovator was not introduced until the model Dual-Sanitronic 50! 

 


The motor-driven brush is the same as the miracle-head, there was no shampooing until the Rug-Renovator. You might be able to use the motor-driven brush for shampooing when combined with the sprayer, but kirby had no dry-foam products at the time, and there would be no place but the bag for collected suds to reside.


 


That 560 is a true beauty, somebody is going to get lucky and bring that thing home! 

 

[ronni]

Much obliged, Alex.

It would seem to me, then, that the term "Miracle Head" began with the introduction of the "Rug Renovator". I believe that I read on another thread--if memory serves--that the floor restorers' names were changed in 1980; although I don't recall them.

The early- to mid-'60s seems to have been the period in which larger-scale carpet cleaning machines/attachments were launched with the growing popularity of wall-to-wall carpeting. Manual and smaller scale automatic methods had been used prior to that.

 

[lilkidtech]

thank you

Thank you all for the kind word I do truly treat these machines like my children(if I had any). I take pride inmy collection and anything i sell or auction and truly hope it shows. I can only hope that the future owner loves this machine as much as I do.I refuse to accept anything but perfection from myself. As I complete other machines for auction or my personal collection i will try to get pictures on here. Thenext machine you'll be seeing is a Kirby 510 I'm working on and almost done with.