A Package From The Past -- This Really Sucks
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A handsome looking machine.
If only Ward's had made deals with quality manufacturers for all of their durable goods. I love this vacuum for its attractive and masculine color scheme, its design, and above all, its performance! Eureka nailed it with the term "Vibra-Beat." I love hearing this thing work, and it does so very quietly.
It's light as a feather compared to the Hoover Model 30 Convertible hiding behind it. The Multi-Beat will take the Hoover's place as the upstairs vacuum cleaner.
This attempt at torment was an epic fail! Like so many things "Signature," this one really sucks, but in the best possible way. It had me vacuuming four days in a row!
I'll still be proceeding with caution though, and will have to draw the line if a crate containing a Signature washer ever shows up.
A handsome looking machine.
If only Ward's had made deals with quality manufacturers for all of their durable goods. I love this vacuum for its attractive and masculine color scheme, its design, and above all, its performance! Eureka nailed it with the term "Vibra-Beat." I love hearing this thing work, and it does so very quietly.
It's light as a feather compared to the Hoover Model 30 Convertible hiding behind it. The Multi-Beat will take the Hoover's place as the upstairs vacuum cleaner.
This attempt at torment was an epic fail! Like so many things "Signature," this one really sucks, but in the best possible way. It had me vacuuming four days in a row!
I'll still be proceeding with caution though, and will have to draw the line if a crate containing a Signature washer ever shows up.
the Eureka vac I use looks like it's near twin with all the exact same features, just a different set of plastic colors and bag color.
bellalaundry
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I love your
Admiral tv. I would love to find one. Is yours restored?
Guy
Admiral tv. I would love to find one. Is yours restored?
Guy
Late eighties? A very nice cleaner!
It looks like this was the time Wards began the Electric Avenue scheme in their stores, offering other brands besides their own. The MW boxes are very cool!
I have the same Admiral television - a vision in Bakelite!
It looks like this was the time Wards began the Electric Avenue scheme in their stores, offering other brands besides their own. The MW boxes are very cool!
I have the same Admiral television - a vision in Bakelite!
Just poking around some of the estate sales in the area and found another of these Admiral sets ata sale coming up the end of the month!
http://heartlandestatesales.com/itemviewer.php?vitemid=16887&vpic=DSC00003.JPG&vdetail=y
http://heartlandestatesales.com/itemviewer.php?vitemid=16887&vpic=DSC00003.JPG&vdetail=y
Nice Eureka
Does this vac use the bags with the snorkle so that they fill from the top? I think it was style F&G. The TOL Eurekas had a twisted flat agitator bar called a Vibra Groomer that not only created additional suction, but took up less space in the air flow. This was especially good for shag carpet. And at this time, those poor old Hoover Dial-a-Matics would clog up like a constipated elephant on carpet fluff so we had to show the owners how to clean out the brand new machines and then tell them not to use the high suction on rugs; self-defeating and all that.
Does this vac use the bags with the snorkle so that they fill from the top? I think it was style F&G. The TOL Eurekas had a twisted flat agitator bar called a Vibra Groomer that not only created additional suction, but took up less space in the air flow. This was especially good for shag carpet. And at this time, those poor old Hoover Dial-a-Matics would clog up like a constipated elephant on carpet fluff so we had to show the owners how to clean out the brand new machines and then tell them not to use the high suction on rugs; self-defeating and all that.
whirlaway
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Admiral
I have the floor model bakelite in a rectangle version,with a round pic table model.These sets actually work well.The two are sort of a brown color.
I have the floor model bakelite in a rectangle version,with a round pic table model.These sets actually work well.The two are sort of a brown color.
Admiral TV
The TV is from 1950 and has been re-capped, but not restored. Just cleaned up. I bought it for $5 back in the early 80's and decided to get it re-capped several years ago for use as a novelty in our guest bedroom. Between the digital-to-analog converter box and an old Radio Shack cable converter, the set can be operated entirely by remote control.
Greg, that estate sale TV looks to be in beautiful shape. I wonder if the screen surround in the same color as the phosphorous coating was found on later models to give the appearance of a square CRT. I would hope the asking price would be reasonable since it's a safe bet the set doesn't work. These little Admirals are highly desirable among collectors, and as some of you know, their cabinets were at the time the largest bakelite items ever manufactured. They provide a delightfully retro aroma once the TV has been operating for a while.
I took a shot of the Multi-Beat with the TV on, but the flash makes the picture appear to be unwatchably washed out, which is not the case at all. I chose a high-contrast image but it was no match for the flash. Back in the early days of television sets, it was standard procedure to turn off the lights (at night) or draw the curtains or shades (during the day) while watching TV.
The TV is from 1950 and has been re-capped, but not restored. Just cleaned up. I bought it for $5 back in the early 80's and decided to get it re-capped several years ago for use as a novelty in our guest bedroom. Between the digital-to-analog converter box and an old Radio Shack cable converter, the set can be operated entirely by remote control.
Greg, that estate sale TV looks to be in beautiful shape. I wonder if the screen surround in the same color as the phosphorous coating was found on later models to give the appearance of a square CRT. I would hope the asking price would be reasonable since it's a safe bet the set doesn't work. These little Admirals are highly desirable among collectors, and as some of you know, their cabinets were at the time the largest bakelite items ever manufactured. They provide a delightfully retro aroma once the TV has been operating for a while.
I took a shot of the Multi-Beat with the TV on, but the flash makes the picture appear to be unwatchably washed out, which is not the case at all. I chose a high-contrast image but it was no match for the flash. Back in the early days of television sets, it was standard procedure to turn off the lights (at night) or draw the curtains or shades (during the day) while watching TV.
Wow!
A portable lamp timer? What WILL Wards think of next?
Finally--I was getting tired of wiring all those Intermatic timers in at the service panel. ;-)
A portable lamp timer? What WILL Wards think of next?
Finally--I was getting tired of wiring all those Intermatic timers in at the service panel. ;-)
xraytech
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What are you doing with your Hoover?
The Hoover will be mothballed for now. I just bought a couple of new belts for it. I think I'll remove the one I just put on it recently so it will be like new whenever the Hoover may go back into service.
I'm wondering if these models of Hoovers and Eurekas use the same belt.
I'm wondering if these models of Hoovers and Eurekas use the same belt.
xraytech
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Ralph, the Eureka uses a slightly larger and thinner belt than the Hoover does
What might Ward's "catalog department" be diggin
Those catalog houses are multi-story! One only can guess at what might show up. And they were so big, seems one of them didn't get the memo about the closure. ;-)
I'd bet it was that Fruitvale store...
Those catalog houses are multi-story! One only can guess at what might show up. And they were so big, seems one of them didn't get the memo about the closure. ;-)
I'd bet it was that Fruitvale store...
Dan, I don't think he wanted to risk escalated retaliation.
Unfortunately, the coordinates of my current home place it in dead center of the Wards vortex, an affliction I'll be sure to avoid disclosing in any future real estate transaction.
Our man in Tucson went to considerable trouble to make his point: Not everything with a Montgomery Ward badge was garbage.
I can't flatly disagree, but I can add this tag line to the assertion: Just the vast majority of it.
Unfortunately, the coordinates of my current home place it in dead center of the Wards vortex, an affliction I'll be sure to avoid disclosing in any future real estate transaction.
Our man in Tucson went to considerable trouble to make his point: Not everything with a Montgomery Ward badge was garbage.
I can't flatly disagree, but I can add this tag line to the assertion: Just the vast majority of it.
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