Originally Posted by jtapp9
http://littlerock.craigslist.org/atq/2316657792.html
Was it common for these to be electrified? And is it hard to turn them back into a treadle? Because it has been modified is it even worth it?
If I looked the serial number up right she was made in 1916!
So honestly, is it worthless because it has been electrified? And would it be hard to take it back to treadle?
Is this pretty much a straight stitch machine? I'll search and read a little soon, got to go cook dinne! Darn life things that get in the way of my hobbies...lol
That is a pretty Redeye, but if it is a 1916 machine the motor and light were probably added as (I think) the ad said. It is not a big deal to do a motorectomy and put it back to a HC or treadle. There are a lot of people on here that do that all the time, just take the motor/light off. The 66 is a really nice machine, and those Redeyes are very striking looking machines.
Are you going to get it?
Nancy