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White/Green Machines

I'm not going to get into whether the last-of-the-line 221s is white or green. Singer called the paint work Pale Turquoise. Suffice to say, look at one on a green background and it's white but on a white background it looks green. The machine, with its toothed belt drive, was a high-tech upgrade to the standard black model. And take no notice of the gloom merchants, I've never known a belt wear, let alone brake. It's lighter and quieter than a black model –– and relatively few were made. Please note that Singer simply painted over a normal black motor for these models. The plastic housing did not provide a great paint key and a degree of paint chipping on the motor housing is to be expected.

We are proud to offer the following specially selected models   
updated
July 18. 2010

FA 129307  
Condition : 8+

Price: $550
including next-day
FedEx delivery

 

 

This super white machine ticks all the boxes with near-perfect paint, virtually not a pin mark in sight, great chrome and Singer’s ultimate graduated stitch-plate with the anti-glare surface.
But it only makes 8+ on my scale for there is just a little rubbing to the Singer name up on the lamp shield – please check this out in the pictures.
We’ve got the oh-so-rare white belt (I’ll fit a black one and suggest that you store the now-unobtainable white one somewhere safe).
That sticker on the right of the base isn’t the usual ugly dealer logo but the original Singer inspection certificate placed there when the machine was given its final check before it left the factory. 
We have a superb-condition original two-tone-blue box which easily matches the condition of the machine.
Please note that the fragile logo sticker on the arm is totally complete and original.
This machine comes with its original two-tone blue box in fine condition. These boxes are relatively fragile and it’s great to find them in an undamaged state.
This machine comes fitted with the correct full-width foot controller which does give a better speed range than the earlier two-button variety
Remember, the price includes FedEx Priority shipping to your door.
Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 2) A dated certificate of electrical safety
Code W129

FA 224014  
Condition : 9

Price: $600
including next-day
FedEx delivery

They don’t come a lot nicer than this.
That mint-green (officially pale-turquoise) paintwork just glows and glows.
We have the very last graduated stitch plate with the anti-glare finish and, of course, that fragile Singer logo on the arm is just like the day it left the factory.
That’s not a dealer sticker you see on the right-hand side of the base but the original Singer inspection certificate. Clearly this machine has had very little use.
Picture shows the machine fitted with a new black belt but we do have the original white – impossible to find nowadays – which I will supply for you to keep for posterity.
Original box in grey and blue in fine condition.

This machine comes fitted with the correct full-width foot controller which does give a better speed range than the earlier two-button variety
Remember, the price includes FedEx Priority shipping to your door.
Good condition original box with no odor.
Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 2) A dated certificate of electrical safety
Code W131

EV 993315  
Condition : 9

Price: $600
including next-day
FedEx delivery

I’ve been really lucky with white machines this month.
Another virtually unused example with great paintwork, the anti-glare graduated stitch plate, a perfect badge on the arm and, again, the original white belt.
I’ll supply the machine with a black belt and suggest that you keep the white one safe somewhere – they are totally unavailable now.
Original box in superb condition in two-tone blue.
This machine comes fitted with the correct full-width foot controller which does give a better speed range than the earlier two-button variety
Remember, the price includes FedEx Priority shipping to your door.
Good condition original box with no odor.
Machine comes with a range of attachments/feet, a bound photocopy of the original full-size handbook and a packet of Schmetz needles. Fully cleaned inside and out, serviced and sew tested before leaving the workshop. Electrically tested for your safety. Pictures are of the actual machine. Any bright marks are from the flash - all flaws are always described in full.
Price includes comprehensive insured air shipping to your door.
This machine. as with all other Featherweights I sell, comes with vital pieces of special documentation. 1) A guarantee that the machine contains no modern reproduction parts. 2) A dated certificate of electrical safety
Code W130

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The small print
Please note that all 221 machines come with free air shipping and comprehensive insurance.This averages between six and eight working days However, it is possible to upgrade delivery to an express air service (three to fourworking days) for an additional $35
Correction -- ALL machines now fly EXPRESS free of charge


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