Necchi Nora. For sale at NC TOGA

 

 

Here's a Necchi Nora in a lovely shade of mid-century pink.  It has a glossy finish with a few chips in the paint.  The position of the handwheel indicates that it is treadle-able but it has a working motor on it now.

 NC TOGA is coming up in June.  If you don't know what that is I'll be describing it in a future post.  One of the things it is, is a swap meet.  I have some machines for sale, including several Italian-made Necchis.

I don't have a paper manual but I can email the buyer a PDF copy.
 

 

 

It has a built in zigzag stitch and comes with 12 cams to make additional stitches.  It takes standard class 15 bobbins.

 

 

When I serviced it a few years ago I made the note "presser foot lifter does not open tension discs".  It does stitch well.  The workaround for this is just to make sure your thread is seated into the tension discs.  And there might be someone at TOGA willing to take a further look at this.  I know of one experienced repair person who will be bringing her kit and be happy to help folks.

 

 

The original Necchi bobbin case was not working properly and has been replaced with a generic class 15 bobbin case.

The motor has two speed settings.  I'm sure the manual will explain what that is all about.

It has the original Necchi case in worn but not beat-up condition.  The hinges built into the case (that allow you to tip the machine back) are broken.

 

It's fairly clean inside and out.

 

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Here's how this works:  I  create a blog post for each machine and describe what I know about it in detail, pros and cons.  Once I have all the machines up on this blog I will post a price list at the NC TOGA Facebook page.  If you are attending the TOGA and are seriously interested let me know and I will bring it.  "Seriously interested" means that you plan to buy it IF you like what you see in person.  Absolutely NO obligation in advance and I won't take any money in advance.  

Cash or PayPal.  I don't use any other payment apps.  Hey, I'm an old lady.  Can't be learning new apps all the time.

Once the price list is up you can call dibs on any machine and I will make sure you get to see it and decide if you want it before anyone else can buy it.

This approach has worked very well in the past.  Just please don't ask me to haul 40+ pounds of cast iron across North Carolina if all you want to do is ogle it.  Serious interest only please.

Some of these machines will have been serviced and some will not so read the descriptions carefully.  It is not my usual practice to sell machines that I have not serviced first.  But I really need to downsize the herd and TOGA is almost here.  Many TOGAteers are experienced antique sewing machine mechanics themselves.  They will also be glad to provide advice to others about whether a machine is a good choice for a newbie.