Singer 99 vs 99k
 

What is the difference?

as I understand it the K designates that it was made in Kilbowie Scotland

Like Steve said, the "K" designates where it was made. Same thing as the A - when Singer started using a letter for teh USA made machines.

Sometimes there are other differences too. From what I've gathered, Singer stopped making the 99 in the US before they stopped making it overseas, so all the later model 99's are "K" machines. By then they were exporting a lot more too, so finding European made machines started to be way more common than the older models.

Thanks for clarifying.

Does this mean if the machine has a designation of 99- it was made in the USA?

I think it does, yes.

Yes. According to the early Singer catalogs the number before the hyphen or letter is the class of machine and the number after the hyphen or letter is the variety. I recently worked on a 15-91 that only had "15-" on the number plate.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

Janey, I don't understand what you are saying. What are you calling the number plate? I don't think my two 15-91's say that it's a 15 anywhere (that I know of). One has a serial number that starts with JC, which isn't listed anywhere. It was made in Canada (says so on the machine). The other is an AH number.

Explain what you're talking about, please.

Bkay

[h=1][/h][h=1][/h][h=1][/h]What is the difference between a Singer 99, 99k and a Singer Spartan?
Here is a youtube video that answers that question.
https://youtu.be/kml11Lznh9I

I think that Singer put a number plate on some of the industrial machines before they did it on domestic machines. I don't know when they started on domestic machines. I think I have seen some 99-13s but not positive. The 1954ish 15 that I have (yes made in USA) has it on the pillar as shown by the lavender arrow.

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https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollec...es/image13.htm tells about the number plate from Elizabethport 1908 catalog
and https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollec...ges/image5.htm tells about the number plate from Kilbowie 1907 catalog



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