Vintage White Model 658 (Japan) My New Restoration project
 

Just about finished restoring this beautiful metallic blue White model 658. Rewiring new belts and some oil is all it took to bring this beauty back to life.

Wow - nice. It even has blue wire!

Pretty machine, and nice job on the restoration !

Blue wire
 

The original wire to the light was blue and the bobbin winder tire was too. I just painted the new white wire with paint I had matched to the light bracket. The only thing it's missing is the original back panel plate. The blue one that is on there right now was just an old brass key tag that I painted with that matching paint. I'd love to find a solid blue bobbin winder tire and the original access panel plate to complete the job.

it sure is pretty

Pretty. To mangle a quote from Henry Ford - "You can get a bobbin tire in any color you want, as long as it's black." Colored tires haven't been around for many years. The original back access piece would have matched the face plate in design and gone over the light bracket.

Cari

Oh such a pretty color!

Beautiful machine! I'm partial to the blue/turquoise 50's machines.

I wonder if you could paint the bobbin tire, I think I will try on one for my Singer 301

Nice job. Beautiful machine.

Great job and you can tell lots of love went into restoring it.

She is a beauty!

Found what I was looking for on eBay!
 

I was able to find the back access panel with the screw! It also had some bonus items an extra blue lamp and a nameplate for a Morse 200 (nearely identical machine).
I'll update my pictures when I'm finished.

Do you restore machines for others? I have one I need done and can't find anyone that does that type of work. Any suggestions on finding someone?

Right now it's just a hobby for me. I love fixing things especially things that people can use. These machines are a part of history and works of art. I would hate to see them end up as scrap metal or in a landfill. I highly doubt that the machines that are made today will still be functional 50 or more years from now. I'm sorry but I don't know anybody in your area that does this work. I would suggest you try and do a restoration yourself. The internet has great resources on how to do it. It's a very rewarding task and you might get hooked like many of us on this board.