That ugly white cord can be replaced with a correct cord very easily. Why ruin a perfectly sweet machine by gouging a great notch in the hand wheel?
Wiring is the easiest part to do. Replacing a hand wheel when you get tired of hand cranking just might not be so easy.
Joe
That was my thought when I bought it, that I could have the cord changed and use it that way, or put on a spoked wheel and crank it. An either-or machine, so to speak. The motor was sent off to a fellow in Oregon who has worked wonders on several other old motors of mine, and he said the parts inside were too fragile to risk wiring it again, and that it had been done rather clumsily the first time. As I know nothing about wiring, and have a healthy fear of electrocuting myself, it is what it is. A replacement motor on hand doesn't fit well either. She now sits on a wood base and has a bobbin cover. Lookin' good, if nothing else. I really should keep my eyes out for another and get a different motor, and forget about the crank.