Originally Posted by lynn2354
I also have recently acquired a singer 99-13. The model number? Is that the same as serial#. There is a number located on the bed of the machine AA711092 this is stamped on to an oval plate. I have a small manual that came with it but it doesn't have a year for the machine. I tried a google with the Model number and nothing comes up. Can anyone help me with any info about this machine.
I have had it sitting on a shelf in my sewing room as a decoration. However, with all the posts I have been reading I would love to try restoring her/him....no name as of yet. I think I will need to work in it for awhile before I give it a name.
There are no accessories and it is missing the knee/foot pedal.
Lynn
The little oval boss is the serial number for the machine. According to the documents I have your machine is a Model 99 with only 10,000 of them allotted on August 19 1924.
10,000 is a low number run for Singer, usually its around 50,000. But the 99 was a low production machine for the US with only 734,000 made total. The 99 was in production for only 34 years in the United States from 1923 to 1957 so it should make it a not that often seen model.
In comparison there were over 3.5 million model 27's made in a 13 year period. Both machine totals are from the Elizabethport NJ factory.
Billy