Mickey2

If it's reasonably fair shape these type of machine usually shine up nicely with basic cleaning and oiling. With a bit of effort bobbins and shuttle can be found if they are missing, the odd bobbin plate can be a bit more difficult to find, but even it will usually turn up, give it time, keep an eye open. It's usually a qestion of time and money and even hard to find parts turn up. It should be fairly obvious if the bobbin plate or shuttle is missing, and usually these machines are intact, just very dirty. Drawers turn up too, at least for the more common models. The wood probabably needs a bit of polishing, the veneer might need a bit of gluing. A machine that doesn't work often means cleaning, oiling and figuring out how to thread it correctly. You have to ask for photos or to first hand see the state it's in. If the basic foot is stil on the machine, it's at least a start. If it's hard to find needles for it, it's not a very practical machine to have, but often there are ways around it; some have found replacement for Singer model 12 needles. And a buch of needles can be ordered if you find a seller on line. It all needs a bit of research :- )