G'day from Brisbane...I hear you, and this is EXACTLY what happened to me and now i have 11 machines in my 'studio' waiting to be restored. Picked up a 328P and it was in decent condition until i opened the base and realised it is completed rusted, and the lady who sold it said the machine was in the basement during the flood. Have cleaned out the rust, now desperately trying to get my hands on Gojo which i cannot seem to find in Australia anywhere (please let me know if you managed to find it in Aus) Turns out the machine belongs to her recently deceased husband and it's missing the bobbin case.
I realised how addictive this collecting of vintage machines are
...Doing some research to restore my 15k handcrank Singer that I inherited but neglected
