Vintage Premier Whirlwind swivel top vacuum.

[oldcrankman]

Here's a beauty I picked up for $4. It didn't have any attachments so I used my GE swivel top attachments for it.

 

[paul]

Scott, I happened to run across the attached ad for your C-450 from the June 12, 1978, edition of THE BANGOR DAILY NEWS. Others I located were from 1977 to 1980, so it was one of the last Premier Swivel-Tops if not THE last made in the U.S.; the Canadian ones were manufactured until c.1984.

The color scheme seems to match or resemble your G-E floor polisher model FP-1 ( https://vacuumland.org/threads/1960s-general-electric-floor-buffer.45404/ ).

It may be that the "Whirlwind" name corresponded to the 7A motor versus the 750W (6.25A) motor of the attached eBay photo of the gold-colored G-E Swivel-Top C-350 and likely others.

 

[huskyvacs]

Wow thats a rare one! I have the General Electric model, and it came from an illegal garbage tip in the Arizona desert (seller found it there not me).

 

[hygiene903]

Nice find Scott! Can't beat the price!

 

[cheesewonton]

A little patient persistence stalking eBay and before long you will have a hose and all the attachments for it. Nice find. I had no idea they were produced int the early 1980s.

 

[thunder7554]

Wow!!!... I'm looking for a motor for mine...been in the family 50years!

 

[centralsweeper63]

Lovely machine you have there. Thunder7554, I hope you can repair your one.

 

[cheesewonton]

Here's a beauty I picked up for $4. It didn't have any attachments so I used my GE swivel top attachments for it.

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Here is a brand new hose for your Swiveltop.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1167875071...wxROG1++TcFFuvm5LhqTnZNVo=|tkp:Bk9SR5yi4_nBZg

 

[centralsweeper63]

Cheesewnoton, you are scrupulous in searching eBay and you always manage to find the gems.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Here is an Australian ge swivel top. https://www.gumtree.com.au/web/listing/vacuum-cleaners/1336115658