reads90 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I managed to get a sewing machine today well chuffed. Been looking for this one for years and years. Loads of them but very very rare to come up for sale. After all have not been made for 20 years. Got the bloke to stop the auction and buy it. Just getting it shipped from Southampton to Brisbane (mmm which cost more than it cost). Love ebay, when somthing like this happens on ebay Ebay Item Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 What Ali has not said is our Late Father designed and built them from a little shop in Shirly Southampton and stopped makeing them in 1979 two years after I was born... They are still regarded as a must for any ocean going yacht even now some are over 30 yrs old... thier indistructable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 That is a nice thing to have as it has such sentimental value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 What Ali has not said is our Late Father designed and built them from a little shop in Shirly Southampton and stopped makeing them in 1979 two years after I was born...They are still regarded as a must for any ocean going yacht even now some are over 30 yrs old... thier indistructable And Still used on the BT challange and Volvo round the world challenge yatches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 That is a nice thing to have as it has such sentimental value. Yeah you are right Tony. Hence why i have been looking for one for years. Felt a bit like the old Yellow pages J R Hartley add when i was emailing the bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I've got a Singer made in the 1920's, been in our family since new, I've even got a bill for servicing from 1920+ I used to have a Cobbler's Singer, treadle operated with a swivel foot, great for car trim and hoods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 I've got a Singer made in the 1920's, been in our family since new, I've even got a bill for servicing from 1920+I used to have a Cobbler's Singer, treadle operated with a swivel foot, great for car trim and hoods. Yeah we have some like them in our family. I think my sis has them all now. Very vauble old singers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Ali has a pic of me on the kitchen floor repairing my Light weighs tilt with a 50yr old singer My sis still hasn't noticed it was me that cut up her Barbour to fix my roof with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Ali has a pic of me on the kitchen floor repairing my Light weighs tilt with a 50yr old singer My sis still hasn't noticed it was me that cut up her Barbour to fix my roof with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MogLite Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 That is a really sweet find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Wot The sowing machine, or the dirt on Jules ? for future "Use" ?? Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 thats realy cool, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Awesome find, Ali! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MJG Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I managed to get a sewing machine today well chuffed. Been looking for this one for years and years. Loads of them but very very rare to come up for sale. After all have not been made for 20 years. Got the bloke to stop the auction and buy it. Just getting it shipped from Southampton to Brisbane (mmm which cost more than it cost). Love ebay, when somthing like this happens on ebay Ebay Item Possible dodgy eBay transaction alert!!!! For the record (and I have no desire to urinate on your bonfire) - I presume you are aware a sale conducted outside of winning the auction offers the niether the buyer nor the seller any protection what so ever....so the seller could just say "well I sent it...." you may be saying "well I never got it....." outcome any money paid (even sent by PayPal in the case of not completing the sale thru' eBay) will have been lost. Hope you get it and I am wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Possible dodgy eBay transaction alert!!!!For the record (and I have no desire to urinate on your bonfire) - I presume you are aware a sale conducted outside of winning the auction offers the niether the buyer nor the seller any protection what so ever....so the seller could just say "well I sent it...." you may be saying "well I never got it....." outcome any money paid (even sent by PayPal in the case of not completing the sale thru' eBay) will have been lost. Hope you get it and I am wrong... Comments taken on board but have spoken to this chap over quite a few emails and he has sent me the TNT tracking number and full details of when and where from it was sent. And when it will be with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Nice find Ali, really good to have a bit of fully working family history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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