Vintage Westinghouse polisher NIB

[packardmanken]

Found this today in one of my haunts. I was there for an Airway 88 and the owner pulled out this "old floor cleaner" and wanted to know if I was interested. I NEVER find anything still in its original box! It has been assembled, possibly once, but shows no sign of wear or use other than a side mark or two.
The handbook has a date of 1959 written on it.

 

[luxflairguy]

OOOOOH!

 

[kenkart]

FANTASTIC!

Love anything Westinghouse!

 

[hygiene903]

Wow!

Never saw one of those before! I have seen the single brush model, but never a twin brush model. Congrats on a great find!
Jeff

 

[electrolux137]

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What a great find! That machine looks very much like contemporaneous Regina models, right down to the paper sleeves around the brushes. Here are some photos of an estate sale rescue that I babied back to good health!

 

[packardmanken]

That is an AMAZING restoration!!! How did you get the label back? There are so many talented people here its amazing!

 

[brando_husky]

That Regina looks like and earlier model of my grandmas Sears polisher she still uses.

 

[paul]

Model FP-2

I came across this August 27, 1952, PITTSBURGH PRESS article about Westinghouse's entering the floor polisher field:

 

[paul]

Current eBay listing of Model FP-2

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204120333469 (no connection to the seller)

Photos for future reference: