Where or how did Singer come up the name 221 Featherweight?
Here is my theory; you may or may not agree, but it is still very convincing.Very few things in life are new. Most things in our lives are named after a Person, Place or Thing. From your kids to your pets. This is my theory: In 1916 there was a motorcycle company called “Indian”. Indian came out with a small touring motorcycle that today looks like a bicycle with a motor. It wasn’t very popular and it wasn’t around very long. But! It had a very familiar name. It was called a 221cc Model K Featherweight. Is it possible that 17 years after this motorcycle was built, its name still inspired one of the Singer Featherweight designers? Perhaps one of the designers owned a Featherweight motorcycle? COPYRIGHT(1109) JJ & Leo The Singer Model 221 “Featherweight” Sewing Machine Question Of The Week The Singer Model 221 has seen some “oddities” during its manufacturing lifetime and this section is dedicated to making those oddities become known to the featherweight enthusiast. No matter how much o
