Originally Posted by miriam

Looks like the one on the left might be Japanese and the one on the right might be Kenmore or Montgomery Ward probably made in Japan too - some were Italian. Who knows if they are any good. If they have set for a long time there could be rotted belts and dried up oil. Motor probably could use some clean up. Some of those old Kenmore's are pretty cool with all the disks. I had an Elgin once that was about like one of those - it was all metal and pretty nice - I gave it to a friend who wanted to treadle it.