Originally Posted by
quilter68
I bought that exact Kenmore in FEB.-MARCH of 1961 and it is still going strong! It is in a table. I thought that I paid too much but I didn't price-out other machines. The price was exactly what our Income tax return was. $129.00. Was that too much?
Nope. I can't imagine any similarly priced modern machine lasting for 50+ years. Or even 5, for that matter.