Originally Posted by
tinpanalley
...One which even in my amateur opinion looks to be in amazing shape. A 27 from March 1927 according to ISMACS and the serial (G304778). ....
As I mentioned before about "G" serial numbers there are some errors and also it is easy not to get the serial number correct. According to ISMACS. It looks like the end of 1912 and beginning 1913 there were 27s mixed in with the 127s.
If that number (G304778) is correct it looks like it may be 27
G- 279001 329000
27 50000 March 16 1910
whereas if there is a digit missing it would be it could be a 127
G- 3043801 3068800
127 25000 June 26 1913
and if it has a 0 in the front of the 3 and digits different or transposed it would be a 127
G- 351301 386300
127 35000 September 25 1923
It does look like it does have a motor boss. From some of my research, it appears that American made machines put motor bosses on all machines right around 1910 (give or take a bit). There are some
earlier 27s that do
not have a boss, but the 127s would have.
Just an FYI the dates are the days that the Serial Numbers were allocated,
not the day they were actually manufactured.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.