Funny; I DO collect the friction drive machines, like that one. My very first one sat in the dining room under the extra chair and put out The Call, and now I have seven (I think) of them! I think they're cool mechanically, and fun to dink around with, although for daily sewing I like my Singer 403 and the FW best. Kenmore in particual had a run of friction drives. I have several, but none of them blue. Nice machine!