Oh Miriam - love that turquoise-blue!!! So pretty!
Chris - would love to see pictures of yours.
I am relieved to think it might not be such a task to clean up. I am thinking - I can do this! I can get the parts I need from Sew Classic - love that site!! Really, the machine seems to be in pretty good shape, feeling a bit more excited today about taking apart sections to clean. Will be buying some kerosene!!
Jingle - sadly, it doesn't seem to be the case that this machine would be worth more due to the Occupied in Japan label. I found this interesting little blog yesterday (it is very hard to find info on these machines!!).
http://sewing-machines.blogspot.com/...s-and-60s.html
If what this gentleman says is true, there isn't much interest in these machines. There seem to be a lot of "orphans" out there with very little info. While I have the original manual to this machine (it is falling apart, so I am going to scan it into a PDF and then I think laminate the pages) - it is a very generic manual. It does not even reference how to thread the machine!!! But I am thinking that is because it is basically a Singer clone - and those instructions are easy enough to find. But I thought it was very cool with that stamped on the plate on the front!!