Thanks guys, I will post some pics of both machines. One was in a table and has a knee control that I love but the other I removed from the table ( left it with the seller yesterday because it was junk) and it has the nice matching green foot control.
DH did a beautiful job, he always does. We were not sure we wanted to tackle the keys without any help but he did great!
I swapped out everything painted on the one machine for all of the chrome pieces I could find on the other machine and had to add a few chrome screws it was missing. I also swapped out two badly broken parts and parts that were heavily paint chipped. Now Lady Astor looks almost new. The older machine had the chrome parts.
The only thing I want to still do is find a way to make the knee control electronic. The foot control is the pretty green one and works great but I love how the knee control fits in this cabinet and it sits perfectly positioned for my knee.
The 319W has tons of oil holes and when oiling for the first time it takes awhile to get them all done. The cleated belt on the one I am keeping set up in the house ( Lady Astor) is a little frayed in spots but I think it will last. I will buy these machines any time I come across one reasonably priced. They are just hecka cool. It is easy to find the cams because they are the flat ones that fit so many of the other singers. 29 cams in the set for the 319W I read somewhere today. I think the black one might look very nice with lots of chrome.
I hope you can find one soon Rodney.
I really had to do some traveling. I drove 9 hours yesterday on 299 ( a horrible scary dangerous but scenic mountain road) just to buy Lady Astor over on the coast in Arcata. She was listed as excellent condition...good condition was more like it and on my way home I picked up two more neat machines for 12.00 each. So it was a nice day for sewing machine buys. Enjoy the pics