![]() 10/08/2015 at 00:39 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Behold....the ultimate in 1970s vacuums....the Filter Queen 700
It used to belong to my girlfriends grandmother, and apparently cost around $3000 when new......for comparison, my dads LandCruiser was $7500 new, in 1976. And I must say, as far as vaccuums go, it kicks ass
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For $3000 in 1976, it better be good.
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It was marketed as the only vacuum you’d need for the rest of your life, and this one is still working perfectly, so I’d call that good haha. Still a hell of a lot for a vacuum
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There’s a subreddit for stuff that’s old and still working. It’s awesome and that vacuum belongs there.
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Funny, if you said it sucks ass, it would be closer to the truth (after all, what vacuum “kicks” anything?), but yet so much farther from the truth.
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It sucks actually.
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Say that vacuum was from 1976. Adjusted for inflation, that vacuum would cost $12,564.99 today. Holy shit.
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Well. It just depends. How much does it suck?
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Jesus. I mean for that much it better still be working
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My Kirby is a fucking animal, will suck the carpet from the floors. I went to get a vacuum fixed years ago and the guy said all these new fangled machines are weak and break. So I bought a beast that looks like it was hewn from a block of aluminum. I got a 1983 that was reconditioned. I got the whole box of attachments too. Looks like this one exactly.Sweet 80’s graphics, I feel like I clean with a Cylon.
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That’s awesome, I love finding old things that are built better. This thing is making me want more old tools and appliances
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Very cool. Although I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around paying good used car money for a vacuum. That must have been one hell of a salesman!
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My mom has one like that. Bought in the 1980s, still works today.