New Here as well.

[vinvac]

New to this forum. Thanks to friends such as Terry Lattz, Fred Nelson and Charlie Watrous. Have been reading and enjoying this forum very much. Mostly collect vacuums but love all old appliances. I am also a member of the Vacuum Cleaner Collector Club.

 

[DADoES]

Grreeeetings!

 

[petek]

Welcome Vinvac... how about some pics of your vac collection or at least your faves.

 

[lavamat_jon]

Wilkommen! Bienvenue! Aloha!!

 

[goatfarmer]

Glad you decided to drop by,and stay for a while.Welcome!

kennyGF

 

[fnelson487]

Welcome Vinvac!!

Welcome aboard! I have told so many people what a wonderful place this is, it is a total mystery as to who you are. I am sure we will figure it out over time. As you will see if you visit here, these folks love a mystery.

Fred

 

[vinvac]

Well Ida I will give you a clue, there was a phone operator that connected me with Helen the other night...age 12 I do beleive

 

[mattywashboy]

WELCOME from Australia

 

[fnelson487]

OK Vinvac

I will go back through my toll call records to Helen Lawson for this week to see if I can figure it out. For those who don't know about Ida - here she is. Miss Ida ("Listen - I bruise easy") Corwin.

 

[fnelson487]

Another One of Ida

Here she is at the cash register of Mildred's, fighting off Wally Faye! The line - "Leave something on me, I might catch cold!"

 

[petek]

It's our Miss Brooks

 

[tlee618]

I'm sure that I know who it is but it will be fun to keep everyone guessing for a bit.LOL Vinvac you are going to love it here. There isn't a nice more friendly group out there anywhere. Glad to have you with us!!!!! Terry

 

[goatfarmer]

Looks like Mommy Dearest to me,especially at Mildred's.

kennyGF

 

[petek]

And you can just see Veda's shoulder in the second pic

 

[vinvac]

Warm Welcome

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. As soon as Fred figures out who I am I will share some of my favorite vacuums.

 

[fnelson487]

OK Vinvac

I have gone through my toll office records. It's Morgan Frazier of Dubuque, IA. OK Morgan, let's see those pictures!

Ida

 

[vinvac]

Pictures

Here are some pics of two of my favorites. As you can tell my best bud is not as happy about this collection as I am.. By the way his name is Joseph.

 

[vinvac]

Royal Upright

More Pics

 

[petek]

Wow more Hoovers, another weiner dog, and another organist!!!YAY

 

[tlee618]

Welcome Morgan, thanks for sharing the neat pictures. Joseph is so cute. I would love to hear you play that organ sometime. You will really enjoy this group. Terry

 

[fnelson487]

Welcome Morgan

Indeed, Joseph looks rather unwilling to be a participant in the photo shoot. Love the Hoover and the Royal. I am just washing all the attachments for Charlie's Kirby Dual 80 which is in Cleveland getting a total Kirby beauty makeover. No one does a rebuild like they do! Comes back brand new. Charlie has wanted to become a member of the Dual 80 club and he is almost there.

 

[vinvac]

Dual Eighty

Do they still redoe that machine in the right colors. The last time I sent in my mom's 508 it came back in the same color as the Sanatronic 50. Their letter back to me stated that machines and attachments may not be color corridinated but would be sent with all new tools.

 

[fnelson487]

Kirby Colors

Up until recently, all machines before and including the Dual 50 got redone in tan, so unless I want a tan machine, I don't send the earlier ones back. We just got word that the green was being discontinued which has caused a flurry of Dual 80s to go back. The last few came back in green. Keep your fingers crossed that this one does as well. I understand that all attachments will now come in black. Yuk!!

Fred

 

[veg-o-matic]

Yay!

Another weiner!

veg

 

[vinvac]

New vacuum

Well finally received my last EBay purchase. Almost new Viking Dirtmaster. A Eureka packaged for Viking in Canada. The only tools that had been used were the Dust Brush and Crevis tool. Still had the original bag still in the vacuum... guess it is time to clean the house... later

 

[petek]

We need a pic, you can't leave us hanging like that LOL.
Is it an upright or canister?
BTW for those not familiar, Viking was the now defunct Eaton Dept stores brand name for their appliances.

 

[vinvac]

Viking Photos

My newest collection

 

[vinvac]

viking Photos

More of the Viking

 

[vinvac]

My Mother's Model 508 Kirby

This was purchased in July of 1947. It has been rebuilt several time. The last time was about 3 years ago. Still purrs like a kitten..

 

[tlee618]

Thanks for the neat pictures Morgan. That Viking looks to be in perfect shape. You are very lucky to have your Mom's orginal Kirby. Have fun playing with the new Viking. Terry