kenmoreguy89
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Ya like it? I do... Only think that gives me to think is the oxidation on the chromed body....do you think I can remove it easily? Any tips?
I think I'm going for it....
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kenmoreguy89
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I find pretty ridicolous he states 1942...... obviously an ignorant.
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Nice design
that is a great looking vacuum. As far as the "chrome" try pot and pan polish like wenol. I've used it on older appliances and even car wheels with nice results.
that is a great looking vacuum. As far as the "chrome" try pot and pan polish like wenol. I've used it on older appliances and even car wheels with nice results.
kenmoreguy89
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Oh yes Wenol... I can't think of a similar thing sold over here except than the Henkel's Sidol...which is kinda unuseful at least IMO... does not work anymore like it used to be, it never worked so great actually... but now is nothing but fresh water like.
Eventually I can always purchase Wenol on Ebay.
Thank you for the tip.
Eventually I can always purchase Wenol on Ebay.
Thank you for the tip.
retromania
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Cool
Love it! Not sure about the chrome. Would start with a rubbing of Brasso.
Love it! Not sure about the chrome. Would start with a rubbing of Brasso.
Interesting vac
Why do you not think it's from 1942? The lady that was our babysitter (for my sister and me) had an old Electrolux that looked much like the vac you show. I liked it and remember she told me she got it sometime around 1940. Hers was a maroon color and had runners like that, instead of wheels like on the later ones.
Why do you not think it's from 1942? The lady that was our babysitter (for my sister and me) had an old Electrolux that looked much like the vac you show. I liked it and remember she told me she got it sometime around 1940. Hers was a maroon color and had runners like that, instead of wheels like on the later ones.
retromania
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Freddy
Do a computer search and see if you can find one like it. The results may show a year.
Do a computer search and see if you can find one like it. The results may show a year.
kenmoreguy89
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Date....
Well, there so many things "wrong" at first glance with the 1942 date... first of all is matching "space age" or "atomic age" with a early 40s date talking about appliances, despite actually when we talk of "atomic age" we talk even about the 40s, we must to note how, especially in Italy where this "style" came well after other countries, appliances started to come with these typical shapes largely after the 40s... or anyway since late 40s, having it's full period in 50s and 60s...
Very hardly in the 40s, not to mention early 40s...
Said this, which is probably one of the first things that gives me to think, then there is the matter of the brand, CGE, which was nothing but an italian division of GE.
CGE is the achronym for Compagnia Genrale Elettricità that translates in English just like : General Electric Company.
The CGE opened in Milan in 1921, but actually started the production of small appliances just during the post war.. first televisions in 1945, and then small appliance, the appliance production of CGE, from what I know, had it's growth just in the 50s though, and that is why I do not think this vacuum can be of the 1942.
I see it more like a mid 50s vacuum, given the data, but I find very, very difficult to think at it like a 1942...at this point I'm almost totally sure the date is wrong.
I may be wrong also.... but I think it's just very hard I can be wrong at this time.
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Well, there so many things "wrong" at first glance with the 1942 date... first of all is matching "space age" or "atomic age" with a early 40s date talking about appliances, despite actually when we talk of "atomic age" we talk even about the 40s, we must to note how, especially in Italy where this "style" came well after other countries, appliances started to come with these typical shapes largely after the 40s... or anyway since late 40s, having it's full period in 50s and 60s...
Very hardly in the 40s, not to mention early 40s...
Said this, which is probably one of the first things that gives me to think, then there is the matter of the brand, CGE, which was nothing but an italian division of GE.
CGE is the achronym for Compagnia Genrale Elettricità that translates in English just like : General Electric Company.
The CGE opened in Milan in 1921, but actually started the production of small appliances just during the post war.. first televisions in 1945, and then small appliance, the appliance production of CGE, from what I know, had it's growth just in the 50s though, and that is why I do not think this vacuum can be of the 1942.
I see it more like a mid 50s vacuum, given the data, but I find very, very difficult to think at it like a 1942...at this point I'm almost totally sure the date is wrong.
I may be wrong also.... but I think it's just very hard I can be wrong at this time.
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kenmoreguy89
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Andy, I will follow your suggestion even if I think it often is not the way to go over here, just did it and I found a listing for one that mentioned 1942, but you know, Italy is a small country and sources over the internet because of this are less compared the ones of USA, often people who find an "old thing" in the basement just try google it and find out what they can read from other ads of similar things, other times while there is no data available, which is the majority of cases, items are described out of fantasy and guesses from what owner thinks they are with info that are completely wrong or invented, whatever they tells others that are seeking info for their own one will take everything for true and copy word for word in their ads...
That would give birth to a chain of bad info copied and pasted that might go ahead over an over again, until someone fix it...
That's a thing I did see many times...
That would give birth to a chain of bad info copied and pasted that might go ahead over an over again, until someone fix it...
That's a thing I did see many times...
kenmoreguy89
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Oh well, I just found an AD on ebay for this vacuum, date is mentioned like 1954, so this is more credible and possible of course, mid 50s like I thought it was...
Well, it should be correct since the page was probably took off a magaine with a date on it...
Usually ads like these are the ones that tells you the right date as they have a source to look for... so I believe this is correct or anyway it is more correct.
Well, it should be correct since the page was probably took off a magaine with a date on it...
Usually ads like these are the ones that tells you the right date as they have a source to look for... so I believe this is correct or anyway it is more correct.
kenmoreguy89
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Won! Looking forward to see if it works well, I so need a functional vacuum, hope it works as good as it looks...
40 euros including shipping is a good deal...
40 euros including shipping is a good deal...
retromania
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Excellent
Good luck with that!
Good luck with that!
1942
Freddy
Congratulations on getting this cleaner, of course you are quite correct that it would not be 1942 and 1954 is far more likely. It looks like a variation of (if my memory is correct) an Universal US design which was copied here, in Holland and also Russia. Apart from the design aspect in 1942 Italy, like the rest of Europe was at war, so production of vacuum cleaners in that period is highly unlikely.
While the suction from the machine might be OK, it is likely that the hose will not be airtight (it will also be much heavier to use) at this time and the cables (both inside the cleaner and outside) will need careful inspection to ensure that they are still safe. But it is great to have as a novelty, if nothing else.
I have not forgotten about the Tristar which we have previously discussed and will try and get some information to you soon. It is like the one on the link which has just come up on ebay, but the price is very high (even with a power nozzle) and it looks like it is missing one of its wands and all of the supplementary tools.
Al
Freddy
Congratulations on getting this cleaner, of course you are quite correct that it would not be 1942 and 1954 is far more likely. It looks like a variation of (if my memory is correct) an Universal US design which was copied here, in Holland and also Russia. Apart from the design aspect in 1942 Italy, like the rest of Europe was at war, so production of vacuum cleaners in that period is highly unlikely.
While the suction from the machine might be OK, it is likely that the hose will not be airtight (it will also be much heavier to use) at this time and the cables (both inside the cleaner and outside) will need careful inspection to ensure that they are still safe. But it is great to have as a novelty, if nothing else.
I have not forgotten about the Tristar which we have previously discussed and will try and get some information to you soon. It is like the one on the link which has just come up on ebay, but the price is very high (even with a power nozzle) and it looks like it is missing one of its wands and all of the supplementary tools.
Al
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Congratulations on the win! I did a double-take because CGE was also a brand we saw here in Canada (short for Canadian General Electric).
Have fun with it!!
Have fun with it!!
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