Added another one to the herd last night
I have been trying to find a set of singer irons to put with a cabinet that I have. I was wasting time looking on Local Sales Sunday night when I saw a new listing. The pictures were so tiny and awful that I contacted the seller for more and better pictures. She sent some of the head Monday night, but I didn't get in until late from a meeting. We went back and forth with emails and last night I headed out. I knew the cabinet was in rough shape, but it is a total loss. I have been taking it completely apart for the brackets, screws, etc. this afternoon. The head is a 27 dated December 12, 1908 and has Sphinx decals in bad shape. The head is nasty. I gave it a gentle bath with a microfiber cloth and then with oil. It turns, the needle bar goes up and down, the pressure foot was very rusty but not frozen, the shuttle was not it too bad shape.
I really don't want this machine.