Old 03-17-2014, 06:41 AM
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Hey, Jim -- thanks very much. It says it's made in W. Germany. I did some research and it was produced under a contract with Free-Westinghouse, Anker, and New Home, so there are 3 versions (that I know of). I've seen pictures of other Free-Westinghouse LZ machines and they have a beautiful decal on the inside of the column. I wonder why this one doesn't. It reminds me of the Pfaff 130 except a little smaller, with a lower profile. The warranty I found inside the cabinet states it was purchased in 1955. It came with quite a few presser feet, bobbins, etc. The seller sold it to me for $50 with the cabinet and had a very cheap-looking New Home Janome machine from the 1980s (made in Taiwan) in a broken cabinet for $95. (I passed on that one.) Then he sold me a Kenmore for an additional $10, a Japanese-made 158.16250 convertible that looks like it was used maybe 3 times and in a very solid cabinet. I don't really know what he was thinking.
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