Serial number is AG349605 model 201, lot allocated Feb 1942. It's easy to mistake the G for a C - I had to hunt around a bit to find what it must be - but I knew it was a 201.

interesting, that makes it a "wartime production" machine, cool

The serial number is actually AB349605 and the chart said that is a 1926.

What a great story. Know absolutely nothing about old machines but really love it when someone finds a diamond in the rough. Please share what you decide to do with it.

well, that's very interesting that the same range of numbers was used for the same model number that many years apart. But that is why you can't always tell from a photo - I'd have never guessed that was a B.

You may want to give that serial number a quick clean with SM oil and steel wool (careful of the paint) That REALLY looks like a G to me as well

Oooh a 201! I knew it as soon as I saw it! Def. a great machine. I love gear drives!

According to ISMACS, AB349605 from 1926 belongs to a model 127, which is so much different from a 201 that there is no way anyone would mistake one for the other.

AC349605 belongs to a 66 from 1928- so while a lot closer to a 201 than a 127, still quite different

And besides, according to ISMACS list (from Singer) the 201 wasn't made until 1935.

AG349605 from 1942 belongs to a 201, which is the only match we've got.

tracking down serial numbers is rather fun.

BTW - I'm not trying to be snotty. We run into so many people who misidentify their machine because they misread the serial number (or even took one off the motor) and then they are insistant they have a machine that is Model XXX from 18XX -when they really have a model with "from the factory" electric that wasn't in production at that time.

I consider the 201 to be a great machine, that is why I wailed after reading your comments about thinking it was too far gone.

For fun, this is a 127 from the mid 20's, so you can see what I mean by saying they are very, very different looking machines.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps4cfba101.jpg

OH a 201! I have 3 in running order and one on the workbench "in progress". I can't pass a 201 up.