Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
And the chrome spool pin plate? Some have it, some don't. I think it may have been another early 1950s change like the decal and face plate changes.
I see quite a few 201s, and all the cast irons have the chromed lid, regardless of age and decor on the chromed plates. The ones with the pin stripes, have stripes on the spool pin plate too. You can pick it off, on some machines it's quite loose if the pin has come off, on other's it sticks well in place. I have seen one machine with out the plate, and I assumed it was missing. It would be sloppy just to omit it?