What $5.99 got me at a thrift store...

[hoover1060]

Last of the real Singer made vacuums

from 1979...
The Golden Powermaster was black

Silver Powermaster was yellow/gold

Powermaster was blue

Commercial cleaner was black/red

Sorry for the huge file size, but YAY my scanner and printer finally work!

 

[hoover1060]

and the canisters

from the same period

 

[rugmaster37]

Singers 1979

OH....MYYYYYY..........................THUMP.

I'm ok.

Fell out of my chair.

Jeff, as usual you've got the best stuff.

Chad

 

[xraytech]

Nice Ads. I really want one of the Golden Power Masters if i can even find one

 

[hoover1060]

Hoover Power nozzle

With regards to the Hoover made power nozzle, it would pre-date this one by a few years anyway, so middle-late 80's for that. It was the same nozzle as the original Celebrity p/n with the beater bar agitator in the grey colors.

Back then you could buy this same style nozzle from HESCO new as a fit-all replacement p/n too!

 

[rugmaster37]

What I'm wondering is......

Well,

Who made the nozzle that is listed on the Golden Glide C-17 Canister listed above? That certainly doesn't look like a Hoover nozzle, but then you just said that it would have been a later 1980's machine.

The PN almost looks Filter Queen-"ish" to me, like the old PN48.

Yes I remember that you had that black and chrome model too Jeff as well as the Golden. Did you have your award winning earlier small hood PowerMaster back then too?? Or did I just miss it??

Thanks so much again for the beautiful (to me) scans.

Chad

 

[rugmaster37]

Previous model.....The "GOLDEN" PowerMaster

This was the model that colorifically lived UP to it's name. I know that if I could be buried with one, this would be it. Never have loved a vacuum more. It will never get sold or given away. For obvious reasons.

I just LOVE IT!! The color, the style...but not the sound...LOL!!!

Anyway here's a pic of my #1 at the convention for those who don't rememeber.

 

[petek]

And the colorful Kenmore Twin Fan versions too

and blue

 

[hoover1060]

Old Singer P/N

Yes Chad, that Golden Glide p/n is the same as the old style FQ one.
Did FQ make those?

 

[rugmaster37]

Did FQ make those?

Good questioon? Any Filter Queen experts know this one?

It was either FQ or Royal that made those old PN 48 heads. I'm not fully sure "exactly" who that was tho. My guess would be Royal as they used it the longest out of everyone. That is up until the demise of the old PowerTank Series.

It is a loud little head tho. Like Hoover's PowerMatic head you could buy the old FQ 48 powerhead "off the shelf" from ESSCO for around $100.00.

That looks like a fun cansiter tho...


Chad

 

[rugmaster37]

Those are awesome Kenmroe Twin Fans...

Pete,

Your machines look great. I wonder, did either of them have headlights. I know that some did and some did not of course, but I have no clue what the diferences are between the models from the US and Can.

Your green one looks to be mid to late 70's(1975-76-77), and the blue one of course from late 70's.(1978). Or were the colors there different from the years when we had them?

Great shots of you vac's.!!!


Chad

 

[hoover1060]

I think

I have the Hoover made p/n schematics at my parent's in a Singer parts catalog.
I'm going there for dinner tonight so I will look

 

[petek]

Chad, some of the Sears twin fans did have headlights. I have a beige wide sweep, two speeder with light. It's in pieces at the moment so can't show a picture. As far as I know the Cdn models debuted at the same time as the US

 

[rugmaster37]

I have a beige wide sweep, two speeder with light.

MY GOD ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!!

Was this machine that your reffering to the "Wide Track" Twin Fan model that was only produced for like a minute and a half in response to Eureka's VibraGroomer Wide Track models or Montgomery Wards WideStroke Multi-Beat?

I know that one was made as PowrFlite used to offer it commercially before Bissell pulled the plug on the old Twin Fan design. It was either 16 or 17 inches wide.

Did they make a home version???

Do I rememebr correctly OR, am I excited over something I misunderstood by your post??

Chad

I kinda figured that the Cdn models debuted at the same time as the US machines, but I wasn't sure. My 1978 Simpson-Sears catlog was lost, amongst other things in our dryer fire long ago. I never have found another...

 

[hoover1060]

Chad,

I think the model Pete is referring to is a standard 12" model, just with the fancy edge cleaners and high performance chasssis.
Think Kenmore self propelled from the early 80's...made by Singer/Ryobi.

 

[rugmaster37]

I was tired...

Ah yes, now that I'm not half asleep and delirious, I get what your saying.

For a minute I was super hopeful tho....

Chad

 

[eluxomarty]

Singer Systems at Target

Memories of these vacuums at Target are slowly coming back to me.

Target had the green trimmed Singer System upright. I also remember stacks of Singer upright attachment sets high up on the top shelves.

I got to thinking about the canister that was sold at Target. The body and powernozzle were the same as Fred's machine but the hose was a grey electric rubber/vinyl but the curved wand was grey plastic. The wands were metal. I always thought, why not make the whole wand system metal? I seem to recall a price of $149.00.

This was in the early 80's and i was just starting my nursing career and was making better money than my previous job (McDonalds,LOL)so $149.00 didn't sound like a lot of money to me. I wanted a canister but for some reason I never bought a Singer System. Wah!

Here's a story that makes me want to kick myself now. I was in a thrift store and there was a grey Singer System canister and PN. I didn't get it because it didn't have the correct Singer PN. It had a Hoover made PN badged Singer! So I didn't get the vacuum because I thought it was an imposter! Stooopid!!!

Jeff, Thanks for the scan of the Singer vacuums! I love Singer vacuums! Still can't find the elusive model C 10 though!

Marty

 

[eluxomarty]

More Singer scans

Here is what is on the back cover of the Singer Athena 2000 sewing machine manual. Around 1975.

 

[hoover1060]

I would DIE

to have a Silver Powermaster U-58!!!!

 

[rugmaster37]

I would DIE

TO have this page in color...

WAH LAH!