Originally Posted by
johnm
Joe,
Singer switched from fiddle base to rectangular base in 1892, keeping the long black cast iron rear cover (VSII). At some point the casting was changed to have the familiar round back cover plate of the 27. Do you or anyone else know when that change was made ?
Johnm in WI
I’m not Joe, but in answer to your question, you may be looking at multiple timelines, depending on where the model 27 was made. The USA machines had round rear inspection plates as early as 1900 (maybe 1896, but I don’t know which factory made serial number 13804165). But, I have a 27K2 made in the UK in 1901 that has the kidney rear inspection cover.
CD in Oklahoma