Practically Classics Forum

JPB wrote:My vacuum cleaner didn't take well to retirement and spends much of his time in rehab:

Hahaha that's the most brilliant use of a hover ever!

We have a Dyson; entirely because mum stupidly allowed dad and I to buy it and it's insides look like a jet engine

our old henry vacuum ended its days like that....

rich. wrote:our old henry vacuum ended its days like that....

Why? IMHO there's no reason for a Henry ever to die - you can get every single component spare part quite easily and cheaply, that's why I bought one, so I can keep fixing it every time it goes wrong. I'm going to treat it as a little personal challenge, to keep it going for as long as I can - much in the same spirit as running an old car really!

If anyone's throwing out a broken Henry, throw it in my direction!

This is turning into a Vacuum cleaner thread - yay!

Luxobarge wrote:...This is turning into a Vacuum cleaner thread - yay!

Yeah, maybe it needs a bit of wheelbarrow action to redress the balance?

JPB wrote:

Luxobarge wrote:...This is turning into a Vacuum cleaner thread - yay!

Yeah, maybe it needs a bit of wheelbarrow action to redress the balance?

Ooooh, you've got a long memory Mr JPB!!! I'm gonna start a "classic wheelbarrow" thread eventually.....

cant beat a good wheelbarrow... ill just go and take pics of mine

Hijacking my own thread...

The cab frame I have been working on is shown in the shed - note the old compressor hiding there too! The compressor just about runs a spotblasting gun successfully, but even with 7.5CFM FAD, a gun is a no-no! That's the sandblasting theme contiunued - the frames won't go in the cabinet; mind you, I suspect a good blast would destroy them!




BTW - who needs a wheelbarrow?



This is the one that needs a new roof to stop the sparrows making their home between the inner and outer skins.

i used to have an 885 like that, rear axle casting broke so we sold it on..

Rich wrote:

i used to have an 885 like that, rear axle casting broke so we sold it on..

You can go off people you know

However, I never liked the 885's - the cab was too heavy and made the front end too light (so my former colleagues at a DB agency told me when one was sitting with its back wheels on a wagon and the front ones in the air!). The 780 was the predecessor (though not with synchro gearbox) and was a much nicer machine (if it didn't have the awful Victor cab like mine had).

The frame was about to be removed in this picture: