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10-02-2010, 08:21 AM

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watterstide

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dunster

Quote:

Originally Posted by watterstide

From http://www.singerco.com/support/serial_2letter.html
1. AE-064.366 to AE-365.140 were made in 1936

But from http://www.singerco.com/pdf/SINGER_AE_nos.pdf
2. AE- 699591 749590 15 50000 November 4 1937
15 is the (Model No.)

Do you understand this??
And, what does 'allocated' mean? They could not have manufactured 50,000 machines on Nov 4th!! No way! loll"

First, I don't see any contradiction in the two lists as far as the example you give. The serial number ranges don't overlap. Allocated means that those numbers were reserved for the factory to be used for machines that they would produce. This had to be done so that the various factories didn't use the same numbers.

I believe what he was saying, is his number AE721278,

falls/comes in between both the examples given..or am i reading it wrong too?
since i am not familiar with these machines..i assumed the "period" after "064." doesn't really mean anything...

so the second set of numbers is what his machine actually falls under? thanks