Welcome, Cowboy. You're right. Its a refurb. I had one similar, only it was a 66. From what I've read and heard, metal and manufacturing capacity was in short supply during WWII, but there was a demand for electrified sewing machines. So, a secondary market sprung up making treadle machines into electric machines. Singer was very jealous of it's name, so the rules were that the singer name and anything thing that identified it as a Singer had to be erased/covered. The refurb people used the crinkle paint to cover the Singer name and everything else. Of course, you can see it was a Singer. The 66 I had was previously a "Red Eye". The refurb folks changed out the hand wheel and installed a motor and a new bobbin filling mechanism that would work with the new hand wheel. .
Enjoy! It should work perfectly once it's cleaned and oiled. They just don't die unless they rust to death.
bkay
Last edited by bkay; 07-03-2020 at 03:48 PM.