quiltjoey, I can't believe you got your FW so cheaply!!! I've heard, maybe it was in this thread, but to get one cheaper, you need to bid on them in the week as on the weekend more people will see them and bid. your case is in such good shape. The Spartan is cute. How heavy is it? I agree with you in that I really like the old Singers. When I see one, my heart goes 'pitter patter' over them. I really do like the older black machines rather than the newer ones that are tan, etc.
I had found a 15-90 that I liked, and went back to look at it again and to try it out, by hand, nor plugging it in at the time. I knew that the cabinet had been re-varnished, but realized that they had done it to the sewing machine too!! And it had rust in a few places that I didn't think it should have. I passed on it.