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I did some googling on Singer 224, only to find that there aren't to many photos or posts on these machines. Some are calling it a Fashion Mate. I did find out that Bernie (who you might have chatted to a Cathy's during the TOGA) has a Singer 223 (doesn't have the cams). Bernie states in his album that his machine is from Japan and mentions the company that made the machine for Singer. Mine has the JA8 stamp on the bed which means it is from Japan.
Cathy or Pat or anyone else, What decade does this machine come from? I was thinking somewhere around 1950s.
Monica, it could be from the 50's. Singer started making the 319, 306's, etc., in the early 50's. I did some research and all I could find was one 224 made in the 60's. Can't you date it? Even though Singer moved a company to Japan there still should be records? I know most of the machines with the JA don't have records, but I thought Singer still kept serial numbers on their machines? Yes/No?
Nancy