Originally Posted by Late Bloomer
Thank you for the great information. I just did that and found out that it was made in Elizabeth, NJ in 1928 and is a Class 99. Now I have to decide whether or not it will pay to restore it. One can't give them away as no store wants them. I will have to think about it. Maybe I will give DH a job and he can play with it and re-wire it as he is pretty handy with that stuff. No harm done and he probably will get it spiffed up and running again.
If you are interested in giving it away, let me know. I will get the work done, and very much enjoy using the 99. It is worth every effort to restore and use the vintage machines. They sew SO much better than many of the new ones. Granted, they do not have the fancy stitches. And are heavy. But, realisticly, don't we all sew straight stitch the majority of the time?