I am so excited-I just won an auction for a Singer 301a on Ebay. I have been looking at featherweights and 301's for awhile and have never seen any that were in great shape or at a decent price. I got this one for $137-don't know if that is a great deal or not but I am happy with it. From what I have read there are not a lot of differences between the two machines-please let me know if this is not correct. I am just excited-this is my first purchase of a vintage machine and I cannot wait for it to get here :mrgreen: