I'm enjoying this thread. I became a vintage machine collector a couple weeks ago! Got a beautiful Kenmore 158.13250 in the cabinet. She wouldn't sew forward at all and only a couple stitches in reverse. Cleaned out all the packed in fuzz and lint around the feed dogs, oiled her and talked nice to her and she now purrs! Beautiful stitches! I got it at Goodwill and it didn't have any accessories so I'm looking for low shank accessories now.
Then the next day I was given a Kenmore 71. This one needs a part that I've found online and need to order. Not real sure about this one. It'll take some time for us to warm up to each other!
And then that night I won a Singer 99-13 on ebay. Picked it up a couple days later and see it needs a couple small parts I've found online and need to order. She has been well used as all the decal has worn off in the center of the bed and across the front edge. But that's OK. It just shows she was a hard worker!
I'm really loving these vintage machines and can't imagine ever buying a newer machine again.