Originally Posted by
manymany
Oh lordy I hope so.....it's a mess at the moment and I would like to be prepared for how this machine works before I loosen a single screw etc. I've been fixing my own sewing machines since I was five years old so I'm not intimidated, just cautious.
Thank you for the welcome...
Welcome from me, too. I really can't help either. My Kenmore machines are probably later than this one.
From my understanding the Simpson machines seem to be different the USA Kenmore machines. It may be possible there is a 148 series that might be similar.
I did this search
lhttps://www.google.com/search?q=c877+site:quiltingboard.com&num=50&lr=lan g_en&hl=en&as_qdr=all&tbs=lr:lang_1en&filter=0&biw =905&bih=533&dpr=1.13
It seems like there is very little about the C877 Kenmores. One that may have a link for 1957 Simpson catalog
Kenmore C877.701
I don't do facebook, so don't know if any of the vintage machine pages have something that might help. I know some old Yahoo Groups have some good information, but I don't know about the Kenmore group.
Good luck. It looks like a good machine.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.