Well, my new baby came in yesterday!!
I was so surprised, because I didn't realize just how small she was, so that's her name - "Tiny". She's barely bigger than my hubby's hand!
Tiny was "locked up", the wheel wouldn't turn (would barely even jiggle), so hubby and I disassembled her, oiled her up, and got her going. She's not quite stitching right, partially I think because the needle is a little rusty, partially because the spool pin is missing, and the tension disks are rusty as well.
The needle is VERY SHORT - the book says it's a "24x1". I compared it to some universal needles I have, there is a MAJOR difference in the length of the shaft, so I doubt any of those would work. I'm going to do some research, but if anyone has a quick link to a source for these, I'd appreciate it!!