Originally Posted by
miriam
I am trying to re-home stuff with the aid of CL - the retro kids love that stuff but they like some sort of idea how old it is. I think the Brother is newer than the Fabri-matic - maybe a bit later 60s- don't you love the color? The Brother is in really nice shape. The Fabri-matic has a lot of scratches probably from the foot control Where do you find free manuals?
I was just going to tell you that if you have a manual, many of the older ones have a Litho date in them and it is usually the year that they were printed and the machine was made. The pink one you will probably have some trouble finding it and may need to find out if it is a badged machine and what other machines were made from the same factory that were badged with a different name. It can be time consuming to do this. The Brother should be a little easier. They are a bit more common. Kenmores can be difficult to find a manual for too. I would start by going to,
http://homeappliance.manualsonline.c...duct_list.html
And also,
http://www.ismacs.net/free-sewing-ma...uals-list.html
I hope this helps or gets you started, at least for the Brother.
~G~