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01-09-2012, 07:45 PM
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Looks like I'm getting a Vintage Elna SU tomorrow. Anyone have any extra cams they'd be interested in selling or trading for??
01-09-2012, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizkaki
MY "white" featherweight is also a EY series and my original instruction book also has a copyright of 1964.. Your serial number is less than 1400 before from mine. I bought mine new on 5-2-1969. Singer stores were closing them out at a price of $88.00. Boy do I wish I had bought all of them at that price. <GG> This may be of interest: I paid $88.00 + $4.40 in taxes. Paid $12.40 down and paid $5.00 a month on "MY 1 to 36 Credit Plan Account with the Singer Company" with my mother co-signing.
From all that I have read and heard over the years, I suspect that these late serial number machines sat in a warehouse and didn't sell. So Singer unloaded them at clearance prices. Therefore, the date of mfg was after June 1965 (the EX series)and before May 1969 (my dated machine).
Cathy
From all that I have read and heard over the years, I suspect that these late serial number machines sat in a warehouse and didn't sell. So Singer unloaded them at clearance prices. Therefore, the date of mfg was after June 1965 (the EX series)and before May 1969 (my dated machine).
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01-09-2012, 11:09 PM
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[QUOTE=BoJangles;4859735]Any guesses as to what Singer this is? The table looks a lot like a FW table, but the FW tables don't have the extension leaf? Could it be a 301? I sent the owner an e-mail asking for a picture of the machine!
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/fuo/2792010857.html
Nancy
The 347 is from the 60s and is NOT a slant needle machine. Still a lot of metal parts and many are still going strong. It may all metal. I don't know when Singer started using nylon gears.
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/fuo/2792010857.html
Nancy
The 347 is from the 60s and is NOT a slant needle machine. Still a lot of metal parts and many are still going strong. It may all metal. I don't know when Singer started using nylon gears.
01-10-2012, 07:05 AM
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[QUOTE=irishrose;4860165]
How did you know it was a 347? The guy sent me an e-mail that he had posted more pictures on the sale page, but I am not getting that? I only see a closed case?
Nancy
This is weird, when I did a re-start of my computer the added extra pictures are there. I didn't think an ad like that had to be re-freshed when a change is made to the ad. I would think everytime you go into Craigslist anything new/added would be there without having to refresh or re-start the computer? I don't understand computers sometimes!
Originally Posted by BoJangles
Any guesses as to what Singer this is? The table looks a lot like a FW table, but the FW tables don't have the extension leaf? Could it be a 301? I sent the owner an e-mail asking for a picture of the machine!
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/fuo/2792010857.html
Nancy
The 347 is from the 60s and is NOT a slant needle machine. Still a lot of metal parts and many are still going strong. It may all metal. I don't know when Singer started using nylon gears.
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/fuo/2792010857.html
Nancy
The 347 is from the 60s and is NOT a slant needle machine. Still a lot of metal parts and many are still going strong. It may all metal. I don't know when Singer started using nylon gears.
Nancy
This is weird, when I did a re-start of my computer the added extra pictures are there. I didn't think an ad like that had to be re-freshed when a change is made to the ad. I would think everytime you go into Craigslist anything new/added would be there without having to refresh or re-start the computer? I don't understand computers sometimes!
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01-10-2012, 08:53 AM
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Those of you that have some of the newer Singer Featherweights and others, can get a certificate from Singer with your name, the serial number of your machine and the year it was made by going to mysingerstory.com and putting in the info requested. It is a neat certificate that you can then print off.
I wasn't aware that the 221's were made after 1964. That is the date most sites on the net have as the last they were made. Is that just in the US? Does any one know why this is? Also there were some made in the 1940's that aren't listed under the 221's groups in the serial numbers. Why? I know, I'm filled with questions......
I wasn't aware that the 221's were made after 1964. That is the date most sites on the net have as the last they were made. Is that just in the US? Does any one know why this is? Also there were some made in the 1940's that aren't listed under the 221's groups in the serial numbers. Why? I know, I'm filled with questions......
01-10-2012, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Janis
Those of you that have some of the newer Singer Featherweights and others, can get a certificate from Singer with your name, the serial number of your machine and the year it was made by going to mysingerstory.com and putting in the info requested. It is a neat certificate that you can then print off.
I wasn't aware that the 221's were made after 1964. That is the date most sites on the net have as the last they were made. Is that just in the US? Does any one know why this is? Also there were some made in the 1940's that aren't listed under the 221's groups in the serial numbers. Why? I know, I'm filled with questions......
I wasn't aware that the 221's were made after 1964. That is the date most sites on the net have as the last they were made. Is that just in the US? Does any one know why this is? Also there were some made in the 1940's that aren't listed under the 221's groups in the serial numbers. Why? I know, I'm filled with questions......
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01-10-2012, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Candace
Cry a tear with me... http://modesto.craigslist.org/for/2789068613.html
Charlee, I talked to Guy the other day. He's sending me a foot pedal and some bobbins for my Kenmore 158.14101. I told him you sent me to him!
01-10-2012, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Does anyone on here have a white FW dated later than mine - 1964? There is a quote in her book from a Singer salesman who started working for Singer in 1967 and found he couldn't give a black 221 away. He said he took over a shop in Vermont and when he went down to the cellar, it was full of black 221's - 25 to 30 machines. He could sell the white ones for $129.50, but was always trying to sell the black ones for $59!
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01-10-2012, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Chris several of us on the board have a Free # 5. They take a regular 15x1 needle. Nancy
01-10-2012, 11:59 AM
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I am looking at a listing on CL, and assuming this Red Eye is still available - would it be a good candidate for a motorectomy and a hand crank? I would still want to find a better base. What would be a good offer for it? (They said they are open to offers)
http://rochester.craigslist.org/atq/2732838452.html
http://rochester.craigslist.org/atq/2732838452.html
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