I have its twin in my living room, and just got it all together and running smoothly. If you want to read more about this series, here is a site to check out:
http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/Singer...127#Production
Use the board tutorials by "lostin51" to get it in prime shape and you should enjoy it a lot. The bobbin shuttle he may have also, as he has parts and a bobbin, too, or list a request on the buy, sell section and someone else on the board may have one . Ebay has them also, but make sure you get the correct shuttle.