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<blockquote data-quote="kirbyclassiciii" data-source="post: 215917" data-attributes="member: 362">The vacuum-collecting bug bit me very early in my life. It all started with my mom&#039;s Kirby Classic III, which my dad bought for her November 7, 1978. He wanted it and she did not, but he was the one that won out on that argument, and there my mom was stuck with this machine for the next 16 years.My paternal grandparents (my dad&#039;s parents) also acquired a Kirby Classic III in 1987 shortly before moving to the St. Johns neighborhood of north Portland, OR from Boise, ID. At my grade school, there were two Royals both from the 1987-90 period. One was the standard 14&quot; wide model 660 and the other was the 18&quot; super-wide model 680. Other vacuums were thrown into the mix on occasion, including the 1979-83 Hoover U7037 Heavy Duty. In junior high, the Royals used there included a model 671Z 14&quot; wide (1990-92) and the 680 (or 690) 18&quot; super-wide.Unfortunately for me (ages 9-15), I took apart a lot of my vacuums I&#039;d acquired to the point where I can&#039;t remember how they all fit together again. That was my &quot;Humpty Dumpty&quot; moment there. I totally regret that period. After having acquired my paternal grandparents&#039; Classic III (I was then 17), I never took apart another vacuum since.~Ben</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kirbyclassiciii, post: 215917, member: 362"] The vacuum-collecting bug bit me very early in my life. It all started with my mom's Kirby Classic III, which my dad bought for her November 7, 1978. He wanted it and she did not, but he was the one that won out on that argument, and there my mom was stuck with this machine for the next 16 years. My paternal grandparents (my dad's parents) also acquired a Kirby Classic III in 1987 shortly before moving to the St. Johns neighborhood of north Portland, OR from Boise, ID. At my grade school, there were two Royals both from the 1987-90 period. One was the standard 14" wide model 660 and the other was the 18" super-wide model 680. Other vacuums were thrown into the mix on occasion, including the 1979-83 Hoover U7037 Heavy Duty. In junior high, the Royals used there included a model 671Z 14" wide (1990-92) and the 680 (or 690) 18" super-wide. Unfortunately for me (ages 9-15), I took apart a lot of my vacuums I'd acquired to the point where I can't remember how they all fit together again. That was my "Humpty Dumpty" moment there. I totally regret that period. After having acquired my paternal grandparents' Classic III (I was then 17), I never took apart another vacuum since. ~Ben [/QUOTE]

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