Ha-a-a-and! Oh Baby!
Makes me wanna take Charles ATLAS by the...
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Well, maybe the handle anyway...
Check out those fins! On a vacuum cleaner!
I've seen only one of these before, at a sale about a year ago. I didn't get it and Terry shook his finger at me ;-) so when saw this at a thrift store Monday, I was honor bound to bring it home. It is so unique, those fins and rear bumper just crack me up!
I've seen only one of these before, at a sale about a year ago. I didn't get it and Terry shook his finger at me ;-) so when saw this at a thrift store Monday, I was honor bound to bring it home. It is so unique, those fins and rear bumper just crack me up!
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I found the UltraLux at another thrift on Friday...what a great upright that has turned out to be - I love it!
I found a couple of more modern uprights as well that I'll use for work, a Sanitaire (navy & chrome w/light and handle switch, wide rear wheels) and a Eureka (early 80's - brown hood, white handle, cord & cloth bag) but the other fun vintage find was this Westinghouse hand vac. It's nearly mint and was clogged tight with hair. I cleaned it up and it seems to have been used very little.
Wow!!!
Looking at the first picture I was thinking that I was looking at a part of a vintage car!! Cool vacuum! You'll have to take the Atlas for a spin around the block!!
Looking at the first picture I was thinking that I was looking at a part of a vintage car!! Cool vacuum! You'll have to take the Atlas for a spin around the block!!
NICE
Those sure are great vacs. How does the Atlas work? Is it powerful and quiet? I like the Lux also. Man, what great finds! I wish our thrift store was full of treasures like that. How much did you have to shell out for them? Tim
Those sure are great vacs. How does the Atlas work? Is it powerful and quiet? I like the Lux also. Man, what great finds! I wish our thrift store was full of treasures like that. How much did you have to shell out for them? Tim
That Atlas is one cool looking vacuum. Love that paint job!!!
That atlas looks very similar in design to the Tri-star / Compact vacuums. In the tristar, the dirt goes into sort of a paper lined "bucket" instead of a bag. It works the same as a bag in a canister vacuum, except for the fact that the whole top half is open. When it fills up, you lift the round lid, and you take the dirt-filled paper liner out to dispose of it. Tri-stars also have a secondary filter right on the front of the motor, which sits right behind the dirt bucket.
That atlas looks very similar in design to the Tri-star / Compact vacuums. In the tristar, the dirt goes into sort of a paper lined "bucket" instead of a bag. It works the same as a bag in a canister vacuum, except for the fact that the whole top half is open. When it fills up, you lift the round lid, and you take the dirt-filled paper liner out to dispose of it. Tri-stars also have a secondary filter right on the front of the motor, which sits right behind the dirt bucket.
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very cool!
Glad you grabbed that Atlas, those are as scarce as hen's teeth!
Congrats!
Glad you grabbed that Atlas, those are as scarce as hen's teeth!
Congrats!
Years ago John found or bought one of those little Westinghouse dustetts, but he washed the bag and it disintegrated.
That Atlas is a beauty and the color is too. I've never heard of them before. It does look sort of "Compact" like doesn't it. Jeff..who/when and where were they made?
The Elux upright looks a bit different than I remember them having the same footprint but the body section was square not rounded like that one?
The Elux upright looks a bit different than I remember them having the same footprint but the body section was square not rounded like that one?
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Atlas Vacuum
I could be mistaken, but I believe that the Atlas Vacuum is a rebranded Universal machine. They did a number of them. I had a green Universal Jet 99 that was almost identical to the Atlas sans the tail fins. Interesting machines, but not great performers. From the late 50s, early 60s.
I could be mistaken, but I believe that the Atlas Vacuum is a rebranded Universal machine. They did a number of them. I had a green Universal Jet 99 that was almost identical to the Atlas sans the tail fins. Interesting machines, but not great performers. From the late 50s, early 60s.
That Atlas looks great!! You are really building a wonderful collection of vacuum cleaners!
Those tailfins are definately Cadillac!
kennyGF
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That's interesting on the Atlas origins. I just can't get over the fins! Skyler, the car lover of the family, walked by it yesterday and stopped dead in his tracks when he spied those fins on the back. "It looks like a car!!"
I am building a "collection" of vacuums, much to my dismay. I have so little room for anything more!
I am building a "collection" of vacuums, much to my dismay. I have so little room for anything more!
GAWD
that thing is georgeous! Take the bull by the horns!
that thing is georgeous! Take the bull by the horns!
Greg, Thanks for posting the neat pictures. I am so glad that you didn't let this Atlas get away from you. What a beautiful machine. It looks to be in mint condition as does the Electrolux and that cute little Westinghouse. Those fins on the Atlas are just to cool. Terry
