I got my first one just a few months ago from a guy in SF who's mom was a sewing teacher. She taught him to sew and gave him this FW. It's banged up but runs well!
I taught both of my kids to machine sew on it! I learned to free motion quilt on it. Just the other day I was piecing on my brother machine and it kept getting stuck on the edges of my pinwheels. I finally switched to the fW and it sewed over them like nothing.
I bought another on EB and got another at a garage sale. The garage sale one needs new paint and decals! The EB one was from an estate sale and it was old and dirty, but complete.
I'm ready to sell the others and spend my money on fabric... for quilting!