Model 99k31 Gallery


1958 Singer model 99k31, one of the last full runs of the model 99 before it was updated, restyled and renumbered to model 185. The original case is nicked up but the machine itself is nearly spotless. The RFJ5-8 motor has rather worn bearings, typical of the later somewhat cheaper Singer 'permanently lubricated' motors, which seem not to last as long as earlier motor models that needed to be lubricated periodically. Machine courtesy of Máirín Duffy.