Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
My little sewing obsession has turned into a side business here and although I am still collecting machines I have also been servicing and selling quite a few and booking house calls to take care of machines like treadles that are hard to move around.
Recently picked up what is considered to be the best machine Singer ever made, which is the model 201 and this is the belt driven version which made upgrading the motor to a later sealed unit pretty simple.
It is also running with a little more power than it originally came with.
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Thanks for the information! I've never seen a 201 illuminated from the rear of the head and missing the white "dot" toggle light switch at the lower right front of the machine. I'm sure there were many iterations of the "201". Which 201-? model is this?
All of mine, since 1941, left the factory with pot motors, light on the front of the machine, and that telltale white toggle light switch at the lower right where the power cord connects to the machine.
Might this be a regional variation?
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