Originally Posted by
Mickey2
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?
If you've only seen machines with that spool pin plate than you haven't seen very many. I've been at this for years and have seen plenty without them. My 1955 machine doesn't have one, never did.
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