What is your favorite older Electrolux

[thevacuumman]

here is mine

 

[crevicetool]

While not my favorite.....

(That position is held by the Electrolux model LX), this machine has a story all it's own <br
So, gather 'round kids and listen to the tale of the model <br
On March 1ST, 1957 at 9:45 AM, this little machine rolled off the assembly line of the Greenwich Connecticut Electrolux factory. Careful thought went into the production of this machine, every bolt designed to fit just right, color selection to fit with almost any decor, a powerful motor, everything! Everything that is - except a name! What to do <br
Coincidentally, In Urbana, Illinois at the same time, some thing else rolled off the assembly line. It was me! One important difference though...no planning whatsoever went into this unit. It was a total surprise!!! More like an accident.. <br
However, the designers at Electrolux were at a loss. Thousands of the machines were flying off the line at a record pace....but what to name it! Finally, they consulted Alex Lennart Wenner-Gren, the main man, top dog, head cheese at Lux who said in his native Swedish: "Vrudenvoo tiebvroon vuden vuden zat ick phlumenregan der laden schnagen haas!" Which means in English: "How the Hell should I know". So, it was decided to comb the countryside for a child that was born at the exact same time the machine made it's debut and they would name it what ever the child's name began with in honor of that child!! <br
And there you have it! The Lux model "C" for Crevicetool.

 

[crevicetool]

OK, OK, OK.........

Here's my REAL favorite. The Lux model LX. And the one above is an R, and it came out in 1958. How boring <br
Rick

 

[aeoliandave]

Yes yes byes, the 1952 LX !!! My all time top of the heap favorite <br
My re-creation of the 1952 Owners Manual opening page.

 

[aeoliandave]

"Touch no Dirt, Breathe no Dirt, See no Dirt"

"Only the Electrolux has the automatic self-sealing disposable bag" Air-Way pioneered it...The LX launched it spectacularly into the mainstream <br
Paired with a 1955 LXI <br
Once you've experienced one of these formidable juggernauts launch a dustwrapper across the room, scattering all evil dustbunnies in it's path, well, you can just never go back to the way it used to be. <br
Notice I deftly avoided using mildly suggestive potentially innuendo-laden terms like eject, catapult, thrust, ram, erupt, spew, fountain, geyser, etc to describe the perfectly ordinary housecleaning vacuuming function of ejaculating a bag full of nasty stuff for hygenic disposal.. <br
Huh? What? Oops....never mind <br
Dav <br

 

[vacman117]

mine would have to be my electrolux Automatic G's. Which by the way I am getting a 5th for 10 dollars with the Power Nozzle. so that is kind of exciting.

 

[luxg]

I have to agree!

Rick, your version of the story of the birth of the Model C is much more exciting than the real one could ever be! <br
Dave, that is a beautiful display you have for your Model LX. In your first picture, on the second step, what are the four little pieces at the front of the machine? One I think is the key used to adjust the automatic eject but what about the others?

 

[crevicetool]

I know! I know! I know where Dave got them from too, but will let Dave tell <br
Rick

 

[aeoliandave]

Right you are, Terry <br
Far from being simply (wink) a beautifully sculpted, complex and heavy vacuum cleaner the LX had the means engineered into it to be custom tailored to address the varying hard and carpeted surfaces, and dust conditions in any home in any geographical location. <br

 

[luxg]

Very interesting Dave, thanks for the information, who else but Electrolux would come up with a custom setting for each home!!

 

[aeoliandave]

The brown canvas pouch, 17 page booklet - lushly illustrated with photos and diagrams - and two Plexiglas dust wrapper plate templates, along with the three LX-specific tools and the key comprise a trained Electrolux Salesman/Serviceman's kit for individually adjusting an LX Pneumatic Control brain in and for the Customers home.
You can use it to fine tune later LXs with the outside dial and LXIs, of course. I was lucky enough to find the key cellophane-taped in the cord receptacle in one of my six LXs (forgive me - each one is a distinct variation...toldja it was my favorite machine...LOL).
The kit was a chance Ebay find a few years back....back when you knew who you were bidding with. It cost me $40 on August 19 2007 and oh dear, I see it came from Atlanta GA. Sorry Rick if we were both in the running but I didn't know ya then...wouldn't have mattered anyway. I remember my heart racing while I forgot to breathe toward the end.. <br
I will scan the booklet Sunday night which explains the procedure and results so much better than I can type. I have this pouch with me always in the Vacuum Gauge case wherever I take it. One never knows when an LX needs a tune-up and de-wheezing, eh <br
BTW, I recently acquired a second LXI, this one with the white dusting brush and wallbrush, and it will get the Davy Ultra Upgrade of a PN socket inside the bottom bumper of the swiveling hose receptacle and the Red & Yellow nameplates. I'd also like to add a third or fourth turbine stage for true Monster Vacdom - there is room to modify the engine bay to take 4 fans without encroaching on the bag eject mechanism.

 

[filterqueen83]

dave

You are a true collector and the most passionate person off all that I have seen about your collection. I bet I would be amazed at the things you have, Thanks for adding so much to this forum. I love my lx and always wanted to see it eject the bag on its own.

 

[hygiene903]

Favorite Lux

My favorite older Luxes are the XXX, the AE, and the G, and I have one of each. All 3 are beautiful, quiet, and powerful machines, although my XXX only has the 475 watt motor instead of the 535. But all 3 bring back memories. My parents had a XXX, my paternal grandparents had an AE, and one of my uncles sold G's, and when we spent Christmas with the aunt and uncle when I was 9, he did a complete demonstration
Jeff

 

[thermokid]

My Favorite Electrolux

would have to be my mom's old automatic Baby Blue G. That machine was rode so many times down the stairs by us kids, and it didn't even hurt it. Of course Mother doesn't ever use it any more. But it still runs as good as the day it was new......

 

[kenmore81]

Im horrible with Model #'s, But My fav older Lux is model E i think. its similar to mr.Crvicetool's model R but its gold,there also was a blue version I liked alot that had a PN with it... I don't know what ever happend to my blue one...

 

[sireluxomatic]

Can I pretty please with a rocker switch on top choose two f

Ken, I think your favorite would be a Model L; I believe it came in four different colors. <br
Here are mine; the 88 and the G. I really can't choose one, and anyway, they're quite obviously "related"; perhaps 2 brothers, or at the very least, cousins. I love these vacuums like nothing else. <br
That dog, by the way, is gazing longingly at the 88 out of pure coincidence.

 

[arh1953]

XXX excitement

My favorite older Electrolux is the Model XXX.

 

[kenmore81]

Bob youre right again lol.Im thinking E proly because the E that I have wich is older . I dont care for the older rug too because it snags the carpet. But it does get the threads and hair better that the newer flip over tool.

 

[aeoliandave]

We Canadians are so contrary...not only did we design our own Electrolux 80 series turning the bag sensibly sideways simulating a lower centre of gravity for making those sharp turns around corners...we even make our cordwinders 'dress on the right' instead of the left <br
Dave