Hi there, I own this machine - I bought mine in 1990 (cost £150), on back of manual it has 7/1990. With the original manual you got a separate piece of paper to highlight the particular importance of correctly threading the machine - mine used to chew up fabric and spit out thread until I read a tip about threading it exactly as the manual said, so I sat down with the manual and followed it and now it works beautifully. It has spent many years in storage and I have just got to sort out a damaged thread adjustment lever.
