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Cleaning vacuum cleaners...
When I worked for Sears in the early 1990's, one of the jobs I took on was doing repairs on those incredibly junky Whirlpool built plastic vacuums that they sold as canister models. Sometimes, I would wonder what these people were thinking when they installed the new bag by just laying it in the slot and closing the lid on it. I've even found dead mice in machines before.
Those plastic vacuums sure had crummy motors on them. Look at them wrong, and they would burn out.
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Another fetish, er, collection item for me is old Vornado fans. I have 4 of them. They will blow your toupee off at 100 paces on low speed.
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My car vacuum is a 1961 International with a cloth bag. When I got it, the hose was rotton. My local vac shop sold me 18' of hose for it, and charged me a total of $20 for the repairs. Now, the vacuum sits in the dry garage and the hose comes out as far as I need it to go.
I've got 8 old Kirby's total, but no rug rejuvinator tools. My G3 rules my house.
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