Antique Singer Sewing Machine Model 66-18'godzilla', Hand Crank, Serviced

  

For sale antique Singer sewing machine, model 66-18'GODZILLA' finish, with hand crank, from 1948 serial #AH599304. This machine was cleaned, oiled , adjusted, has a nice straight stitch. This machine can do the job, leather, vinyl, canvas, denim...

The hand crank it is not antique , comes with attachments seen in the last picture, instruction manual available to download, free, the machine sit on a hand made wood base. During the period 1941 to 1953 Singer occasionally produced what are known as Blackside models. Unlike the standard machines, many of the normally bright plated parts utilised a chemically blacked finish instead. This is thought to have been in response to shortages of nickel and chromium.

It is a characteristic of these machines that there seems to have been no hard and fast rule as to which Blackside parts were fitted. Generally needle plates, bobbin covers and faceplates etc. Would all be Blackside, but various knobs, levers, screws etc could be either bright or black. At the same time Singer also produced a range of accessories, tools etc and even bobbins that were blackside.

Generally blackside components had the same Simanco part numbers as their bright plated counterparts. Also in roughly the same period Singer produced some machines with a black crinkle, black wrinkle, Godzilla finish. Whatever you call them, they are extremely RARE. Research indicates that Singer only produced limited runs of models 66, 99, 128 and 221 with this finish, and these all date from the 1941 to 1953 era. A few exceptionally rare Centennial model 99 and 128s were also produced in 1950 with a crinkle finish and specialist collectors rate these very highly for their rarity value.

The item "ANTIQUE SINGER SEWING MACHINE MODEL 66-18'GODZILLA', HAND CRANK, SERVICED" is in sale since Friday, January 22, 2021. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Sewing (1930-Now)\Machines". The seller is "miha970" and is located in Denver, Colorado. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.

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