Well I was wandering around on CL tonite and scored another Featherweight for $25. This one is with out a case or pedal but comes with manual and will have to be refinished. I am going to paint it a soft metallic Pink per a very special someones suggestion.

At any rate I am on cloud nine and I am still amazed I got another one for $25!!

Billy

SCORE!!!!!!! (like they do on the Spanish soccer matches) :D

I know it will be a gem when you are finished with it. And it will fly out of the studio too!

You do have all the luck! Congrats on the great score! Can't wait to see this after you get her all fixed up!

Your lucky day. It'll be a gem when you finish.

Can't wait to see it all pretty in pink :D:D:D

What a wonderful buy. She is going to be beautiful when you are done.

Great buy and a wonderful save. It's so great for someone like you to get these machines and restore them. That is just super! congrats all the way..

Great buy!! The soft pink will be really nice... will you post pics when it's done?

Oh yeah I will more than likely do a Tutorial on restoring a Featherweight with this one.

Billy

oh, what a great find!!

And I love the idea of a tutorial!

Ahhhhhh Pretty in Pink!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome deal Billy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the idea of a Tutorial as much as I love this machine! And the price is unheard of around here. :shock: Cannot wait to see this redone. I know you will make it look stunning. I am happy that you found such a great deal!

That is one sad looking machine right now. Great find! Looking forward to reading the tutorial on restoring this one.

Lucky you! I went into the thrift store the other day trying to see if by chance someone put one in there. No luck. WIll check periodically. Great find and can't wait to see the pink!!

Kyia

Yeah I am really looking forward to working on this one. But it will have to wait for a while before I get around to it. I have a lot of customers machines I need to take care of first though. But I will have it finished before Christmas ;)

Billy

That sounds most lovley. Can't wait to see her in her new frok. I know you will do an awesome job!

Billy, that is an amazing price, but then you have the capabilities to make her look as if she is dressed to the nines, wheras most of us couldn't tackly that kind of restoration.

I looke forward to the tut too - I don't think my new one stitches - at least, I have tried turning the wheel by hand, and it made a stitch about every quarter of an inch. I suppose it is a timing issue.

Can't wait to see it when you're done! It will be a beauty for sure.

Awesome find! Have you ever painted one black & orange?

It will be an awesome transformation! Good job snagging a FW at that price!

This poor baby certainly needs your talented hands. Can't wait to see her after the makeover!

There were 4 Featherweights on CL in the San Francisco Bay Area/SouthBay area this week. The least expensive was $399 and the most expensive $650. No deals like yours in California that I've seen. You Are a lucky guy.

Are those colors for Halloween or because you own a Harley?

What a blessing and just the person to restore her too.
Pink, huh?, as in Pinkie Tuscadero?
(female counter-part to the Fonz)

That poor little machine was rescued by just the right person!! :thumbup: I can't wait to see her transformation.

what a deal.

Okay I have the machine in my hands and it is a VERY early model!! Now I do not know what I want to do with it. :roll: I guess I will restore it but it is really rough with the aluminum pitted in several areas. But the allotment date is December 30 1935.

I am going to order the decals for it and I am thinking it will be a metallic black if I change to a custom color. But I am very happy with the machine!! I was told it runs and it came with the original manual with 221-1 on it!

Billy<<<<<<doing a happy dance :thumbup:

Can't wait to see the finished product, Billy.

I am going to the worlds biggest yard sale and
Octoberfest tomorrow and I went to the bank a grabbed a hunk of cash and I hope to come home with several Featherweights along with how ever many treadles I can fit! I will get one I can paint pink but I dont think I want to destroy a super early one.

Billy

Have fun. Be sure to post of pictures of your finds so we can all drool.

Okay not much to drool over but here she is. I am going to paint it a metallic Black so it will maintain its integrity as one of the very early FW's but it will still have a custom flair to it. I am going to have to by another one to repaint Pink but that one will be gifted.

But most folks would not try to save this machine because I think it was a Katrina machine and was under water for a while. You can tell it has been in or around salt water from the deterioration of the aluminum. I broke the basket off trying to get the bobbin case out but thats no biggie I have the parts here to rebuild it if all I had were a bare case!

But here it is......

Billy

Lucky you, what a DEAL!

Aw, who would dunk such a nice machine into a whole lot of water? What did they do, use it for an anchor?

Lesley, That machine was in the Hurricane that went through New Orleans area a couple years ago. There were homes under water for a long time, and there are still areas that have not been cleaned up. Who knows what other "finds" there are lurking for the adventurous?