Posted 4 years ago
sandrabudd…
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Just want to know how old this machine is please can’t find it anywhere I’m thinking 1960 thanks ??
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Posted 4 years ago
sandrabudd…
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Just want to know how old this machine is please can’t find it anywhere I’m thinking 1960 thanks ??
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You were pretty close. It was 1958.
Hi, sandrabuddy23. :-)
Yes, fortapache is right on the money with "1958."
Per the Singer serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society (ISMACS) website, serial number EN201677 was one of a block of 50,000 serial numbers allotted by the central office to one of the Singer factories April 9 1958, and all were destined to be stamped into the beds of model 99K machines:
EN- 155114 205113 99K 50000 April 9 1958
EN- 461334 511333 99K 50000 June 24 1958
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-en-series-serial-numbers.html
They probably all didn't roll off of the assembly line on April 9th, but they likely did by the allotment date (June 24 1958) of the next block of numbers destined for model 99K machines.
The serial number tables aren't infallible with regard to model numbers, but fortunately later models of Singer sewing machines have a little plate with the model number on it, and your single photograph shows it.
A model number with a "K" suffix further tells us that your machine was made at the Clydebank (formerly known as Kilbowie) factory.
In fact, all EN prefix serial numbers were made at that factory:
*snip*
CLYDEBANK
Letter EN series 1958 1959
*snip*
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html
About the model 99:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/99k
Your decal set looks like "Eye":
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal03
Here is a manual for the model 99:
http://needlebar.org/main/sident/99.pdf
About the Kilbowie factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/kilbowie
Here are some historical aerial views of the Kilbowie factory (you may know far more about this than I do, if the location in your profile (Berwick) is Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK):
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257700
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257701
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257702
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257703
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257704
Here is a modern Google Satellite view of the area that formerly hosted the Clydebank factory (there is still a railway station called Singer there):
Singer
Kilbowie Rd, Clydebank G81 2JN, United Kingdom
https://goo.gl/maps/ckxa4RrU85UBHXHs9
Here is a 1934 documentary film made at the Clydebank factory which shows the incredibly hard-working people making and assembling the sewing machine heads, accessories, and cabinets (starting at the 14:17 mark, you can see the machine that stamped the serial numbers into the machine beds):
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1592
I'm probably forgetting something (I usually do), so here is a collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-vintage-sewing-machine-help
But it can be a lot to sift through, so if you have any more questions, just ask them here in a comment.