keep us posted and to when she will be in her new home !!!!

I'm getting her and the required cleaning supplies today. I'm wondering how my (neat as a pin) husband will like a kerosene mess in the kitchen.....It's currently -15 degrees with a windchill of -25, so performing her overhaul in the great outdoors, or even in the garage, isn't an option. I suppose the basement is an option.

Here is one all cleaned up
http://cgi.ebay.com/130483729849
Nope not mine but from what I understand these are pretty desirable. 25 is a great price.
See if he has the shuttles laying around too.

No question, it would be at home already. Love those old singers and featherweights.

That's a "Fiddle base" Singer. I think they are rather rare. Go for it!

RUN!!! - Don't walk there and BUY IT!!!!
Even though it's in sad shape and you may not be able to sew with it - it's a priceless antique that will look great on a shelf in your quilting room (and a bargain at $25.00.)

If you want to try and get the missing parts for it, EBay is a great place for finding old Singer parts and there are also a lot of other online Singer parts sites that carry hard to find pieces.

Either way, good luck and hope you but it. :P :P :P :P :P :P

I would buy it!! I bought a hand crank at a yard sale last year for $40.00. Shuttle and everything there, knob on hand crank is white porcelan. May not ever use it but have it displayed. I love it.

Chilly 9 degrees here in NC this morning. I am formally from Hudson, WI so I know what you are going through. BURR. Good luck on the machine. Sounds nice even in the shape it's in.

Yes! Go to the basement and set up a fan exhausting through a window. I'm so glad you got it. Take LOTS of digital pics from every angle imaginable. And, the longer the parts soak, the easier stuff cleans up. A closed coffee can works really well. Keep us posted!!!

I offered him $15 and he said the lowest he could go would be $20. I'm planning to go look at it (and more than likely buy it) either tonight or tomorrow. I probably won't ever transform her into a working machine again, but I'll do my best trying and, at least, make her as pretty as possible. I wonder how much the old lady weighs! I"ll post photos soon.[/quote]

If nothing else it will make a Beautiful door stop!