Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
Your machine dates somewhere between 1947-1952, can't really get any closer than that. 1947 was when the Japanese started importing to the US and roughly 1952 or so was when the drop feed, less fancy decals(yours were once really pretty, I used to have an identical one), and the striated face plate and inspection plate were added.
Cari
Thank you for this information! I'd love to fix this little guy up. Any idea where to get replacement decals??