Rodney - it was more of the "OMG - where am I going to find room?" when I found the "stout" Standard machine that I really wanted that does fit into my collection.
I try hard to pass up machines that don't fit - but once in a while you feel like you just need to rescue one as you know if you don't, it's going to end up owned by someone to use as a table or taken apart and repurposed. I know the dealer who had this, and at least he said "no" to the buyer that only wanted the foot pedal.
I would not have let this machine go to anyone other than another collector, and if SteveH had not mentioned he really wanted one like this, I don't think I would have ever considered parting with it. But once he volunteered the information, it wasn't that hard to make the decision that the best for the machine was in his hands, not mine.