Caroline,
This is a nice machine, you should have gone for it ..... ha ha. The GW pic makes it look cream color, but in reality it's a light teal blue.
She's all together now, except the needle bar thread guide and screw, and sews very nicely.
The strange thing is on the handle is an old Bekins tag and on the side of the case side near the top is a yellow tag marked: Lot No. AA16563 234 New World Van Lines. So this old machine has traveled some.
In side we found almost three full packs of new needles,
a business card from Siesta Pools, ( wee tried the web site on the card but it came up some kind of blog),
a quarter,
a bunch of straight pins,
and lots of lint.
I'm beginning to really like these Japanese ZZ machines. Most of them we've acquired are very good machines, and sew beautifully and quiet.
Only one has given me trouble, and I just haven't gotten to it to work on it yet.
Joe