Thank Goodness I asked Questions!
When I was President of the VCCC, I arranged for the club to go to Electrolux's Bristol plant for a tour. As President of the club, I got to walk the tour with Electrolux's CEO (at that time) along with a few other club members. It was during that tour I convinced him to give the club a Commemorative Edition (I've had nothing to do with the VCCC for more than ten years so I don't know if it still exists).
On that tour, I had a chance to talk with an engineer who worked on the CA. He gave me two original instruction manuals for the CA. I asked a LOT of questions about the machine. Apparently, Electrolux bought the White Mop Wringer Company because they had already developed the CA and wanted to get into a commercial RETAIL market with it. The machine was labeled a WHITE for that market (and those catalogs), as well as labeled an Electrolux for their door to door salesmen to sell.
The machine labeled WHITE was sold with the optional wet pick up kit, but not the power nozzle. The Electrolux labeled machine had the same wet pick up option (the kit) as well as the Power Nozzle option. The receptacle on top for the power nozzle's cord was on both versions.
At that time, I was given a new fiberglass filter for the CA, as well as two bags labeled WHITE and one labeled Electrolux.
Later, Evan Rogers would give me his beautiful model CA with ten foot hose, and complete attachment set. Its' serial number is 7706.
Six years ago, Rich Luisi (Vice President of Aerus) gave me a brand new, old stock cloth bag for the CA.
All CA's were manufactured in Old Greenwich at the Electrolux factory.
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