1958 Singer Ad

Not a lot of new stuff this summer.
I did open up a Featherweight Case, in for service, and discovered this newspaper ad inside.

This ad is from a 1958, Pontiac, IL newspaper. No credit cards back then so "Singer" the manufacturer, had to carry the note. At $1.33/week, how long did you pay? 2 years , or 110 weeks would make the total pay-off with intrest  $146.30. That is my guess. Does that sound correct to you?
It looks like you had your choice between a Singer Model 221, or a Singer Model 99.
What was the down payment ? Even back in 1958 we had "Fictitious List Prices". (now called MSRP)
What does "NO EXTRAS!" mean? It sounds sort of harsh for an advertisement.

This ad was hand ripped out of a newspaper and saved for all these years. Here is what is on the back side.
Was the ad taken for the Sewing machine info or the cookies?

Some one should follow this recipe and post a comment on it.

Ruthie has made zillions of cookies including "Molasses Cookies"

and has never seen anything like this.

Singer Featherweight Spool Pin fix

The Singer "Featherweight" model 221 is probably one of the most popular and sought after "Vintage" sewing machines in the history of machine sewing. Due to it's light weight, cast aluminum frame, it can be rather fragile. Recently, I had to repair a broken thread spool pin. The original design has the spool pin permanately pressed into the top cap. This one was totally gone. Snapped right off..... I had some new "threaded" pins and found a hex nut to screw on just far enough to provide a lip for gluing.

I had to do some prep work with the dremmel tool grinding wheel so the nut would lay flat against the inside of the top cap. I also had to drill the original pin hole out to a slightly larger diameter.

I used Gorilla Glue. It worked great.

It came out looking as good as new. I can't even tell that it was repaired.