The 88 Retires from Active Service

For a vacuum lover and collector, its truly sad when a machine has reached the end of its usable and useful life, but, what the hell...it has to happen to everything and everyone. I turned on my 88 1st version the other day, and noticed that the motor sounded very whiny. In addition, it emitted a slight burning electrical smell. Oh well. I'm officially retiring the 88 1st version. It served me perfectly well for a number of years, and heaven knows who before that, since 1961, so I'd say that's a 'life well lived'. Of course, it'll remain in the collection, but retired from service.