Glenn's method in the sticky thread will improve scratched up surface, and a good job with shellac polishing can do wonders, and you don't have to strip the old off. For the other machine with case you have, if it's a 99, you might as well keep it there, some have taken a special liking to their 28 or 128, so it's hard to advice anyone to toss out the old for a new found Spartan. The Spartan is a stripped down version of the later 99 version stitch length lever; 99s had nicer decals, nicer cases and usually a cord that pluged into the machine. Not all had pedal, some had knee lever control. Nothing is wrong with a Spartan though, the machine itself is nice.
Last edited by Mickey2; 03-23-2017 at 02:03 PM.