Wood Grain Singer has anyone seen this before?
08-28-2013, 09:24 AM
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Wood Grain Singer has anyone seen this before?
http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/atq/3968986174.html
He describes it as a "wood grain"
Do you think it was made that way or someone has repainted??
I kinda like it and will be down that way in a few weeks.
He describes it as a "wood grain"
Do you think it was made that way or someone has repainted??
I kinda like it and will be down that way in a few weeks.
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08-28-2013, 11:27 AM
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I wondered the same thing also. I have emailed asking about the color, if it has been repainted, etc. Hope to hear something back.
08-28-2013, 01:07 PM
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I think if you look really closely at the fourth and fifth photos, you can faintly see those decals. Maybe it's the lighting that doesn't show them very well? Either way, it certainly does look repainted but what a fascinating machine anyway. Will be interested in whether you decide to get it or not.
08-28-2013, 04:32 PM
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That machine is a rebuilt / repainted model 66. The motor and wiring is aftermarket. The decals are not a normal Model 66 decal. At least not that I know of. The hand wheel is a smaller one from a e-machine.
As much as that paint job intreagues me, it's priced a $100.00 too high at the very least. I wouldn't pay over $50.00 for it if I just had to have it .... and I don't.
I'd like to see some better lit pics though.
Joe
As much as that paint job intreagues me, it's priced a $100.00 too high at the very least. I wouldn't pay over $50.00 for it if I just had to have it .... and I don't.
I'd like to see some better lit pics though.
Joe
08-29-2013, 07:51 AM
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that machine looks like projects we did back in the 70's and 80's (oh crap...) when we re-did furniture and metal cabinets with stiff bristle brushes to have that "heavy grain" wood "look". So bad..... So bad....
08-29-2013, 08:06 AM
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Steve, I remember that too. My Grandma "updated" her mahogany dining room table and hutch to give it more of a heavy grain "Oak" look. She did several of the doors in the house too. Sometimes it is hard to get sellers to believe their machine is not original since the change was done 40 or more years ago.
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