Whoops Fred, I was confuzzled. I remember your post when you got the 121.
But in my Lewyt file I also have this picture of you and Robert posing with a first prize winning 121 so jumped to the conclusion that this is yours.
So, who's is it and what Convention did it be at?
My nozzle is not perfect. The plastic clip caps are broken off the wand's ratchet connector locks, the flexible rubber neck tube is cracked open, and the paint is severely bubbled where corrosion has set in.
What is perfect is it's motor and geartrain, the opaque headlight lens is intact, it glides over the carpet smoothly and the cord is all original with Lewyt plug.
BUT! in my quest to make it operational and cosmetically pleasing I have inserted a plastic corrugated inner sleeve in the neck tube and found a piece of triangular section rubber trim to replace the missing bumper.
The paint is not hammertone but more a silvery blue. I can match it at the autopaint store so the plan would be to strip the cast aluminum shell and bake on a new finish when I fix up the whole vacuum. I don't have the specific gray tools for it but can borrow them from the 120. As I said the Lewyt 107's fan motor is toast and the carcass is a bodywork restoration project of Crevicetool proportions...
Regardless if I manage to do this I will bring it to Minneapolis. This thread gives me the urge to get my ass in gear and complete the restoration.
I've been pondering what 'foreign' vacuums to bring to Minneapolis that have the most likelyhood of not having been seen already and now I will put this oddball Lewyt on the shortlist.
This is the 'as found' shot.
