One I have been searching for
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One I have been searching for
I have been looking for a mint green Spartan and yesterday one showed up on CL. When I met with the gentlemen I noticed that the bobbin cover plate was missing. After talking a little about this he whipped out his cell phone and searched ebay for this cover plate. The price on ebay was $8 so he came down $5, from $40 to $35 so I said that I would take it. It does have a bit of paint scratches on the side of the face plate which are down to the bare metal if I am looking at it correctly so I need help on how to fix that little problem. There is also a service label that seems to be chipping off so I wonder what to use to remove this label. I will order the bobbin cover plate from sew classic. Other than that she seems to be in very good condition and oh, so, so pretty. Now if I can only find an aqua blue colored machine, preferably Singer, I will be finished with my "hoarding" addiction of vintage sewing machines, I think!!!!!! Well, then again, maybe not. I am just so addicted to them I can hardly pass them up especially when they are priced very reasonable, if not down right dare I say cheap.
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If that says made in Canada it is a 185J. I've replaced the belt with a light orange belt. I've love to find a white winder tire. The original one is greenish white with SINGER on the side. They are my favorite clickity, clickty machine. Versus the purr from the 201.
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