Well, dh and I are off for a road trip :-) I'll be sure to fill you in on the gorey details. Finally connected with the man selling it and says 'it's missing a part on the top by the hand wheel'. Hm. He kept saying it would make a good 'parts' machine.
Time will tell. Unless the iron is in terrible shape we'll most likely take it and at the very least convert it to -gasp- a table. But I ain't throwing me hat in the ring jest yet. :-)
Should have details around 7:00 pm -EST.
best,
d