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I spent the most of the weekend in Milwaukee with several vac and appliance friends celebrating Tania Voigt's 50th birthday.

On Saturday night, a small group of us went to visit Stan Hagan just down the street and he ran his vintage gas/oil 2 cycle Maytag, (model 3032?), for us complete with agitator on and wringer rollers rolling!

Here are a few pics of a very cool washer.

Charlie
 
Maytag can

This is the Maytag measuring can for the oil and gas mixture. You fill it with oil to the line at the bottom and just add gasoline for the correct mixture.
 
Stan's Green Goddess

Print this picture as you will never see another such flawless Air-Way Green Goddess. One of the rarest, (maybe the most rare), of the straight suction Air-Way's from the late 1920's.

This vacuum was used only to change and renovate feathers according to the former owner. This is only the 3rd one that I know of surviving and the other 2 look nothing like this.

The green and gold pattern on the handle is nothing short of amazing and beautiful. The wheels and cord are original as is the bag. The bag did say, "The Air-Way", in gold but it has faded slightly.

Absolutely one of a kind in mint condition.
 
Birthday dance

Here Miss Tania dances with her almost matching Hoover Dial-A-Matic model...............?????

Okay Jeff, what model is this? Great Hoover colors and Tania does seem to be enjoying vacuuming with her apron just a little too far up it would seem!!

(Fred is lurking in the backround getting ready to plug in another vacuum.)
 
Noisy and Smokey

Pete,
The ringing in my ears stopped sometime earlier today and my vision cleared up late last night.

Seriously, it was moderately loud and we could talk over it. I might be hard to have a phone conversation with it running. As far as smoke goes, best to stay upwind while it is running.
 
Charlie, That Air Way is amazing. I have never even seen a picture of this model in green before, Where in the world did Stan get this beautiful machine. He does have a great collection and I am sure you had fun playing with all of them. Terry
 
The Green Goddess

Terry,

Tania found it on ebay and notified Stan and he was the winning bidder for around $200 I think. You can verify that with her when you see her in a few weeks.

Tom Gasko has one and Stan Kahn has the other one. They were made for maybe one year or less. Stan is very lucky to have it and I told him he HAS to bring it to St. Louis next year. That is a very historical vacuum and very unique. I think the club members would love to see it.

Charlie

PS--Here are Stan's Kirby models R and C.....two more very rare Kirbys.
 
Great pictures...thanks for sharing! The gas Maytag wringer looks like fun; did you try washing in it?

LOVE the Air-Way "Green Goddess"...very beautiful machine and that color was ahead of its time, IMHO.

The Kirbys are nice as well; I'm partial to that "bulbous" headlight housing design. Is Stan's R-series model a 2R, with the handle switch?
 
Maytag, Green Goddess and Kirbys.....

Austin,

The Maytag was run without water as Stan did not really want to get that involved since it was around 9pm and he had had a full day already. But it sure was interesting to see that washer.

The Green Goddess is just that.......A GREEEN Goddess! I bet you would get a kick out of seeing it. It runs great and is fun to play with. I don't think I'll ever see another one like that in that near perfect condition.

As you look at the Kirbys, I believe the one on the left is the R and it does not have a switch. At that time it was a switch in the cord kind of like the older Air-Way vacs from the early 1920's. The cord had been replaced so, now, when you plug it in it goes on right away.

Stan has a lot of really unusual collectable vacs and LOTS of early Air-Ways. Most of his stuff is all in running condition and he is planning on having a Kirby Vacuette buffed out for restortation.

Check out the original bag in this pic.
 
Ms. Tania

Charlie - how many of those spiked lemonades had Miss Tania had by this time (looks like a few). Boy she was having a good time as were we all. I am still blown away by Fred's collection including the green constellation (can't remember the number (boy that moon sure is bright!!)) with the switch on the handle. I can't believe that I didn't know that he had a beautiful working specimen. Since I was foolish enough not to bring my camera, keep those pictures coming!! Make sure you post the picture where you are wearing that apron. You have one with it on your head as well don't you???

Fred
 
Thanks for sharing the photos of these rare machines Charlie! It looks like you guys had a great time!
 
The French Maids Apron and mutiple uses......

Fred,

Well, yes, I may have had that apron on my head and I may have posed with it in a few pics..........but do you really think the good folks here would want to see that? We'll them speak.

Here is Miss T. with it on her head with her Hoover 634 crevice tool magic wand. "Come out, come out, wherever you are and meet the young lady who feel from a star."

Or she could be trying out for Sister Bertril from the Convent San Tanko? (Hello Sally Field.......)

With Miss T. is our very own vacuum collector Mark Thomas from Wilmington, NC. Slightly glazed eyes would indicate the effect of the powerful lemonade mixed by Chicklette. But it was her 50th after all!
 
I saw a machine similar to this in the Manassas,Va Maytag store.The motor had a LONG exhaust hose connected to it so you could run it in the kitchen or something-and put the hose out of a window or doorway to the outside.There are separate "cults" for those Maytag gas washer motors-my Dad told me he used one to power his go-kart much to the anger of his folks then.He had to put the motor back in the washer.The machines were a great convenience for folks who didn't have electricity.
 
The French Maids Apron and multiple uses.......

Fred,

Well, I did have that apron on my head and I did wear it vacuuming but do you really think the good folks here would want to see that? We'll let them decide.

Here is Miss T. and her Hoover 634 magic scepter. "Come out, come out, wherever you are and meet the young lady who fell from a star."

Or is she trying to do a remake of the, "Flying Nun," as Sister Bertril? (Hello Sally field........) With Miss T., is our own vacuum collector Mark Thomas from Wilmington, NC.

Note the slightly glazed over eyes indicating the effects of the doctored lemonade created by Chicklette. Well, what the hell, it was her 50th. I say go for it girl.
 
No-it was my dad who used a Maytag motor to power a Go-kart he built when he was a boy.This was before I was born!Yes-the hose in your picture is like the one that was at the Manassas store.Those Maytag motors were used to power more than their washers!Its too bad the Maytag motors such as those aren't still made-would be kinda fun!I could see them powering weedeaters,and those gas blenders today!I wonder how well one of those would work a a small Kee Lawnmower?
 
Yikes - It looks like that exhaust hose wasn't working t

More smoke around the engine than through the hose. Stan needs to fix that thing or not use it in the house.
 
I am surprised that there was any nap left on that carpet!!

We ran more vacuums over that rug than the Hoover Department at Marshall Fields. With the history of the machines at Fred's house it would have gone back to 1952!! What a blast!

Fred
 
Cool pics and it looks like you guys had a great time! That Maytag washer is very cool - I've been thinking one with a gas engine would be sort of cool to play with, on the patio... There were many plans of go-karts, garden tillers, etc. that could be used with the Maytag Multi-Motor. The flywheel could be used to run a belt-driven water pump for irrigation and any number of other farm uses. There were butter churns, meat grinders, ice cream freezers (modifying the butter churn I believe) that could be bought for the washer as well. I can just hear them hawking them at state fairs; "But wait! There's more!!"

Thanks for the pics and the great stories! Greg
 
Thanks for the information Charlie. That is really some machine and to think it was only used to change feathers in pillows. Those Kirby's are really neat to. I was only at Stan's home one time at the convention two years ago, it is amazing at how you miss things. He has such a great collection that it was hard to take it all in on one visit. I hope that he does bring the Airway to St. Louis next year. Terry
 
Vacuum Department, Please

Fred, Charlie, et al...

There's plenty of nap left on the carpet... and I won't have to vacuum it for a week! (However, I know I'll break down and vacuum before that.)

I very much enjoyed having everyone over to play vacuums (and have birthday cake for Tania), and am sooo glad that so many machines got plugged in and run!

The Maytag at Stan's house on Saturdan night was very cool... I had no clue anything like that even existed. He does have a fantastic collection, and that Green Goddess had me drooling.

When all was said and done on Sunday, my living room did look like the vacuum department in a fine department store. Most of my pictures came out blurry and over-exposed, but I'll throw a few up here for all to see.
 

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