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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Kenmore 158.540

Model 54, where are you?

Bellingham, apparently.  My mom needed to visit with a sick aunt and wanted a chauffeur.  My price?  Take a side trip to purchase a machine, one I've wanted for a couple of years but twice wasn't able to buy, first due to condition and second due to price.

Here it is, paint dings and all:





It was only $35 and I've had some success with touch-up paint on another machine (a Necchi -- stay tuned) so I think I'll try to match the cream paint (oil-based white and bone, mixed with spirits) and see if I can hide some of the spots you see here.  The machine is in great mechanical condition and it came with a full set of E-cams and the buttonholer with the geared plate that fits the buttonhole drive lever in the bobbin area.

These pictures were taken after a long day and right after I cleaned up this machine.  (It was the usual filthy garage machine with a dust bunny the size of Rhode Island.)  I'll take better pictures once I do the touch-ups and get some better lighting.