Vacuum Exposition Episode 64: The 1979 Kirby Tradition
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Hey there everyone! I hope you all are having a great weekend! Today, I thought I break out one of the best that Kirby ever offered, the 1979 Tradition! This particular example is a rare early version with the headlight cap switch. I hope you all enjoy the video and please like, comment, and subscribe!
My family had a Kirby Tradition when I was growing up in the 90s. My mother found it at a thrift store and it needed a little repair so thanks to living in Cleveland, she took it to the Kirby factory to be rebuilt. I inherited that vacuum after my mother passed in 2005 and retrofitted it with a Heritage II mini-emptor to use HEPA bags. I also replaced the impeller along the way after many years of abuse. Ultimately sold it on eBay in 2001 after I acquired a Kirby G4.
Way cool! I always love hearing about stories like that! Kirbys are great machines!
Those are probably my most favorite vintage Kirby; I just love the blue color scheme of this. I like how you put the older metal fan in yours, it sounds just like an older Classic Omega or Classic III.
Great video and beautiful machine!
Thank you so much! And thanks for watching!
I had that one, the later version had the first plastic fan.😊
Oh very cool! I also have a later version too. It’s very interesting to see the little differences. Thank you so much for watching!
Good job, Karl!
I have a '79 Tradition myself; mine also has the lock on the outside of the headlight cap, but the speed switch inside the cap had long ago been replaced by the older bottom-mount speed switch on the fan case.
The metal fan in yours sounds like it has a broken fin and must be replaced soon.
I did check the fan out when I got it and just now and thankfully it is fully intact. Thank you so much and thanks for watching!
@@Konstellation_Karl_55 You're welcome, Karl... I believe now there may have been some tufts of hair around it when you first made this video.
BTW, does the original top-mounted speed switch itself still work still work perfectly, knowing that it was not a good design at the time?
@@ClassicTVMan1981X oh yes! Everything on this machine works perfectly :)