I bought a 403A the other day at a thrift store for $15 - It needs a cord and some cleaning but I think it'll work just fine. I have a Pfaff 1471 that's working for me, but with all the talk on this board about the quality of the old Singers I thought I'd like to fix this one up and play with it awhile, remembering the purrrrrr of the Singers when I first leaned on them in junior high (many years ago).