Originally Posted by
soman2
... Naturally I jumped at a freebie which was a 66 mfg. May 1922. I have a few pics posted to see if anyone can identify the -#. All pics I have seen shows a spoke wheel in that time period, but this one has a smaller solid balance wheel and the bobbin tire if not worn down also looks different. I am wondering if someone change out the wheel and bobbin winder. It was missing the slide plate, needle clamp, hand wheel nut index screw , lower cover plate thumbscrew and a broken winder spring. All issue have been corrected, machine serviced and I will make a base for it and add a motor & controller. Any help is appreciated.
Soman2
aka-The other Rodney
Freebie is great! and of course one would jump at it.
Isn't it fun trying to figure out the sub model numbers -
and wondering whether original or altered. According to
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...sses-1-99.html it looks to me to be a 66
-6 or maybe 66
-8 but not sure which and what differentiates these, as they both have the disc balance wheel. Unfortunately the image that is given for the 66-6 (
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...99/66-6_bp.jpg ) doesn't have the various views like you have posted. It is the "red head" decals and in portable case.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.