Another New Arrival At Tarantula Arms - A New Lux G!

[fnelson487]

I found a bunch of these on Ebay and bought three. I have only received two so far, but am keeping one for me and am sending one off to my friends in Madison. Electrolux used to take in old Lux trade-ins on new machines and send them back to the factory for a complete rebuild for resale. If they couldn't sell you a new Silverado, they would bring out one of these. I have a rebuilt silver G, but found a bunch that someone found. New G's rebuilt in Silverado colors. I think that this was the best of Electrolux when built in the early 60's.

 

[fnelson487]

Ok - First Beauty Shot

The hose and power nozzle are added. I can show the original Lux parts that came with the machine. Geez, you can throw this down the stairs and hardly make a dent. Quiet and powerful. Takes the latest bags and all parts are still available.

 

[fnelson487]

One More Glam Shot

If I had to choose one vacuum (God forbid!!)this would be it!

 

[fnelson487]

The Power Nozzle

That's a PN-4 which would have been sold with the Super J in about 1976. Their power nozzles got better and better up through the PN-6. The G would have been sold with a PN-1 to match the colors of the machine it was sold with. The PN-4 would have been later, but goes well, don't you think? The electric hose is a current one, the pigtail hose is still available from Electrolux (now Aerus.)

 

[compactc9]

That is NICE!

I like the color, it goes well with the chrome.

If only Aerus would make a model like that.

 

[brettsomers]

What a treat! Mr Nelson, do these have the sound of an original motor? David

 

[hooverwheelaway]

*Wow*

That's gorgeous! I can't wait to play with that next weekend!

~Fred

 

[fnelson487]

Motor Sound

Those motors are original and completely rebuilt by Electrolux in about 1983. While Jeff Parker was here today dropping off the Maytags et. al. I ran it quickly for him. He couldn't believe how quiet it was. The G was one of the most quiet Luxs made. I am giving one to my friends in Madison WI since I brought my other one up and Michael said that standing behind that machine while it was running was like standing behind a jet engine. A thing of beauty and functional as well!

 

[brettsomers]

well i say congrats! ive used a couple of factory refurbished luxs (not nice model g's), and electrolux does do a FINE job of renewing them. too bad Hoover didnt have a more extensive factory rebuild program.

 

[petek]

Beautiful looking vac. It's basic body is essentially the same as the Cdn models 88 & 89 with only the adornments/handle altered. The model 88/9 only have 1 front wheel mounted on a swiveling caster.

 

[fnelson487]

The Lux Models

Here are most of them!

http://www.aerusonline.com/service/docs/USModelHistory.pdf

 

[eluxomarty]

I too bought one of these

and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival! Fred, yours is a beautiful machine. You say the pigtail hoses are still available from Areus? Marty

 

[bobbyderegis]

Electrolux did a great job of rebuilding older machines. Even the cordwinder was spliced with a new factory cord. They never rebuilt power nozzles unfortunately. The rebuilt machines always came with the years current PN. I cringe to think of a Model G sans a PN1. Plus, the PN1 was very quiet also. My favorite of all the old luxes!
Bobby in Boston

 

[vinvac]

Lux G

I have a rebuilt G. Mine is in the dark brown color. It is my daily driver. I replaced the hose about six months ago. I beleive the cost from Areus was about 135.00. The vinyl replacement is much nicer than the cloth hose that was original to my machine.

 

[hoover1060]

too bad Hoover didnt have a more extensive factory rebuild p

David,

Hoover did have a very extesive factory rebuild program that they discontinued in the 1950's sometime. For many years Hoover took their old models in trade for new ones, and rather than trash machines that were very repairable they rebuilt them. Hence the "Hoover Special" models.
Rebuilt cleaners are what Hoover sold during the war too.

They discontinued the program when it became too expensive to keep making all the old parts.

 

[gansky1]

Glad you got yours, Fred. I'm still waiting for the one I bought almost two weeks ago. I got a message from another of the "G" buyers and they haven't heard a word from the seller. I've had little cooperation from the seller as well and just filed a claim with PayPal this morning. UGH!

 

[bobbyderegis]

Jeff,
Had no idea the Hoover 'specials" were rebuilt machines. The factory must have done a great job- I never knew the difference, seeing many come in on trades.
Bobby in Boston

 

[hoover1060]

Specials

The tag on the front will read "The Hoover Special - previous model reconstructed at the factory"

 

[fnelson487]

Greg

This ebay seller is turning out to be somewhat of a flake. She shipped me two and I ordered three. I emailed her through Ebay and she came up with some off-the-wall excuse and promised to get back to me. Yikes! I hope this doesn't turn into a disaster. I emailed her again today and we'll see what she says. It would be a shame if people got scammed on this since these really are nice machines.

Fred

 

[luxflairguy]

I too odered one and recieved it with missing pieces. No crevice tool or instructions. Machine wasn't even wrapped in plastic and had 4 wands! Email ASAP and was told she has "spares" and was sending to me. Let's hope this is right! Haven't left feedback so we'll see?
Greg luxFlairguy

 

[bobbyderegis]

Jeff, I never saw "reconstructed at the factory", only "Hoover Special". Would this plate have replaced the original, or was it written or stamped somewhere else? Now I wish I had one in my possesion to refer to!
Bobby in Boston

 

[hoover1060]

I have one at home Bobby, I'll snap a pic for you tonight.

 

[brettsomers]

i think there was a old 1919-era model originally called "Hoover Special" also, no? ive seen a handfull of rebuilt Hoovers on ebay but would love to see more, like the 60-series models rebuilt.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Yes.

The model 102 was indeed referred to as the "special", for whatever reason... At that time I think there was also a Junior, and a Senior (commercial application machine) which would have put the "special" as the mid-priced domestic machine. I think that may have been dropped with the 105 or the 541.

I'm not sure all of the Hoover Specials over the years said specifically that they were a previous model reconditioned at the factory; by now we all know how Hoover was about consistency among their products over the years... The specials did come repainted in some pretty nifty colors.

~Fred

 

[bobbyderegis]

Hey Jeff and Brett,
The "special" I remember was the old dark brown and tan, identical color of the model 28, but a low square bakelite top and "automatic" height adjustment. (there was none) The bag was a paper insert with the clamp on top, forgot the proper name. I would guess the machine was from the early '40's.
Bobby in Boston

 

[gansky1]

Fred, do you have a return address for this seller? I sent a very stern email to this seller, again, but as of yet have heard nothing.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Also...

I'm sure Hoover stopped rebuilding machines partly due to growing competition and it being the post-war, post-depression era... Not to mention that lovely thing we call planned obsolescence, which started rearing its head in the 50s.

 

[hoover1060]

bobby, that machine was probably a rebuilt model 60 or 61, we were actually trying to figure how high in the 60 series the rebuilds went.
Those cleaners were still fairly new when the rebuilds were discontinued.

 

[air-waycharlie]

Greg Nunn and other Lux G buyers

I too, bought a lux from this lady, named Valyncia Smith. She lives at 1179 N. Church Street, Decatur, GA, 30030. Information from 411 does not have her at that address but provided me with a phone number to that name. It is 404-377-3503. I obtained her name from Paypal.

I have emailed 2 times and have never received an answer. I did call today and left a message on her machine to the effect that several people are not happy with her and I wanted some answer or the vacuum by the end of the week or I would also file a complaint with Paypal.

Fred said his vacuums were shipped from San Francisco but she resides in Georgia. The maddening thing was that I WAS in Decatur last week for several days and if they had been there, I would haved picked it up myself. Maybe she is selling them for someone on the west coast.

So, add my name to the list of disgruntled buyers! Let's see what happens between my call and Greg's email. At this point we don't have too many choices other than filing complaints and leaving negative feedback.

I'm going to focus on the upcoming weekend at Fred's and the surprise vacuum I have shipped for us to play with. The other, more local folks, always bring stuff so this time I picked something out that Fred does not have and sent it ahead. Fred says he will not open the box until I get there! Still holding out Fred?

 

[gansky1]

Thanks for the info...

Charlie - I just spoke to Fred N. and he said that he did get a response from her and there was some problem in shipping and she didn't get the machines back for a while and would have them out ASAP now. Before this, in the email I sent, I told her I expected a reply by 5 PM today or was going to call the police in her area and file fraud and theft charges. Let's see what she does next and then coordinate our efforts and/or pressure.