ArizonaKAT

I bit the bullet and bid on the 201 with bad wiring and cut cord, untested, bad table and no front picture . . . with Sally scratched into the bed. It was a pickup only and no one bid by 4 pm yesterday. So I bid max $20.00 and forgot about it till this morning.

Well last minute someone bid against me and ran my bid to $19 plus $5 shipping and handling. Why shipping and handling when I picked up?

Anyway, after traveling around Tucson listening to my GPS who didn't have a clue where she was going, I finally found Goodwill. They carried the machine to my van still sight unseen and off I went back to Phoenix.

I dragged it out of the van and took it into the house. Set it up and this is what I found.

I have a very nice 1942 singer 201 with a cut cord. I used my FW cord and foot pedal to try her out. She runs just like a 201! She also has the ornate faceplate. My first. All my others have the one with the lines. So, no using for parts, Joe :-)

I got her home late. No enough light to do a complete cleaning. I turned her over and she was full of "fuzzy" cobwebs. Anyone living in Arizona will know what the fuzzy cobwebs mean (black widow webs). I did sit down with a very long paint brush and a can of spider killer. The cobwebs are gone and thankfully nothing skittered out from under her.

She has a few tiny chips on her light, which also works by the way and her name is going to be Sally, since that's the name scratched into the bed. I'm betting on the original owner having a young daughter named Sally who probably walked around with a pretty sore butt after her mone saw what she did. :-)