Posted 2 years ago
Jlissy
(1 item)
Hi! Can anyone tell me why this has 2 serial numbers? Or give me any info on it? This was given to me by a friend and I’m trying to find information about it. Thanks!
Singer Sewing machine help! | ||
| Singer Sewing Machines15 of 715 |  |  |
Kera is our sewing machine guru and should be here shortly to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about your machine. She's very thorough..
Hi, Jlissy. :-)
Between the Collectors Weekly Show & Tell software problems, and a non-CW S&T project I've been working on, I see that I'm falling behind the times. >8-0
When you made reference to two serial numbers, I suspect that one of them is the one on the SIMANCO motor that looks like 5794560.
That one doesn't truly allow us to date the machine; however the motor model does help us determine the minor sewing machine head model, More about that later.
The important serial number on most vintage Singer sewing machine heads is the one in the little bronze-colored cartouche on the bed in front of the pillar, in this case AF721287.
Serial number AF721287 was one of a block of 15,000 consecutive serial numbers ([AF]720751 through [AF]735750) allotted by the central office to one of its factories, and all were intended to be stamped into the beds of model 66 sewing machines.
Yours probably rolled off of the assembly line some time between the allotment date of its block (December 18 1940), and that of the next block of serial numbers intended for model 66 machines (February 12 1941):
*snip*
AF- 720751 735750 66 15000 December 18 1940
AF- 765651 780650 66 15000 February 12 1941
*snip*
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-af-series-serial-numbers.html
All AF prefix serial numbered machines were made at the Elizabethport factory:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html
About the model 66:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/66
Because of the solid balance wheel, the stitch length lever, and the B.R.7 motor, it's proably either a 66-16 or a 66-24.
Here is a operator manual for the 66-16 (I'm afraid I don't have a link for a 66-24):
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/manuals/singer-model-66-16-sewing-machine-manual-attachment-guide.pdf
Here are parts lists for both the 66-16 and the 66-24:
http://hensewfiles.com/PDFs/SINGER%2066-16.pdf
http://hensewfiles.com/PDFs/SINGER%2066-24.pdf
A service manual:
https://archive.org/details/singer-66-service-manual-en
A timing & adjusting manual:
https://archive.org/details/singer-66-timing-adjusting-manual-en
The decal set is called Filigree:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal04
The face plate looks like Simanco 32667.
I can't quite see enough of the rear access panel to tell which one it is, but the border around the edgle actually looks like it might be one of the ones for the model 201:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_faceplates
I can't see enough of your cabinet to be sure, but it might be No. 56, No. 71, or No. 72:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/56_cab.html
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/71_cab.html
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/72_cab.html
Here's the whole gallery for you to browse in case it isn't one of those:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_sewing_machine_cabinets.html#66
About the Elizabethport factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/elizabethport
About Singer's South Bend, Indiana cabinet-making factory:
https://orangebeanindiana.com/2019/06/12/south-bends-singer-sewing-machine-company/
In case I'm forgetting anything, here is my collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-help-for-vintage-sewing-machines
However, it's a lot to sift through, so if you have any more questions (except value, which I don't do), just ask them here in a comment on your post. If I don't know the answers, I'll either go back out into the wilds of the Internet to find them, or refer you to one of the dedicated vintage sewing machine forums.