July 12, 2013

Singer 403A (1956)

Yes another 403, as I have said it's the perfect machine. I needed something to work on while on vaca up North.






This one really looks like a "never been used" machine, it came with all the discs and accessories but no manual.

I made some repairs to an old shirt and fixed up my rowing gloves too.

The fixes required freeing up the ZZ mechanism; it was frozen everywhere so that the left - right button wouldn't even move.

My historical record comes from just a few years later... 1961 specifically.

The Plymouth fury, the tail end styling was soo unique especially in the coupe version; stunning roof line, huge deck lid, long long lines. The front end came from the previous year and loosing the over sized tail-fins was over due.

WOW

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  1. andriusicOctober 8, 2014 at 8:54 AM

    Man, I love your blog, awesome content....
    gritzner

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  2. UnknownDecember 11, 2020 at 10:42 PM

    Did you fix the mechanism to free up the left right movement of the needle? I have the same machine with this problem. I'd love to know how you fixed it, if you were able to repair.

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    1. TDecember 18, 2020 at 6:03 PM

      I had one of these given to me by someone who takes old machines out of the cabinets to make other things from the cabinet. Yes, I know, he should be horse whipped.
      Anyway, did you try pressing in the left/center/right button to move it? I did that, then moved the “S” lever to the right to the # I wanted, then back to the “S” and my needle moved.
      Great blog, my first time here. I thought I had a lot of machines...nope not compared to here.

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