Yes, the first thing I did was tuck the slide, shuttle, and bobbin safely away in the accessories box, before we even took it out of the cabinet to transport. Didn’t want to misplace them.
Cari is right, it says Free Long Shuttle Rotary right on the front of the machine in pretty gold letters 😊.
I ran across a blog somewhere that was comparing serial numbers and estimating dates, but after I got the number off my machine I can’t find the darn thing again. Someday I will learn to bookmark these things, maybe.