jennb

Even though I am not into swingers..that looks like a nice condition 201 and I'd be seeing if I could get that one! (no swinging though...i have my standards!)

Mizkaki

In 1969 Dodge made a car called a Swinger.Back then I remember thinking that is was the coolest car ever.

This Swinger is a 66, sometimes easy to mistake for a 201. The bobbin case retainer extending off to the right is the give away clue. As is the white tip on the stitch length lever almost hidden on the front of the machine.

Cathy

miriam

AH so it has a reverse! I was also thinking the light is on the back so it had a good chance of being a 66.
Anybody seen Rain's blog? He has info on how to ID a bad CL ad photo machine: http://vssmb.blogspot.com/search/label/find%20%27em

wesing

The 1st one looks like they dredged it off the bottom of the Mississippi River. I agree with your husband - the "Swinger" is the winner in this group.

Darren

SteveH

this one DID come from the bottom of a river...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-1900s-...item20ceb04125

and the worst part is I WANT TO BUY it... (I am not, but I want to....)

ArchaicArcane

I wonder if it was thrown in on purpose, during the war. Could it have been down there that long and look like that?

SteveH

i have to say that what bothered me the most is the idea that in order for it to look like that it had to be in a fairly anaerobic state... either buried in REALLY dense silt, or in a river with a VERY low oxygen levels...

if the price was more like 50-75 I would take up the challenge of restoring that baby...

ArchaicArcane

What if it had been brand new, and was being shipped somewhere and dropped off the boat? Depending on packaging, it may have had a better than average chance at preservation.... I guess the same would be true of someone packaging it to take it with them somewhere....

SteveH

here is a beautiful two tone... just under $40 right now.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stradivaro-6...item1c2f4f6a41

Central Ohio Quilter

That Stradivario is really a beauty!