It was made in Japan and has an oscillating hook drive.
Riccar machines have model numbers placed in 1 of several places on their machines governed by, I suppose, the whims of the manufacturer and the most common places are on the back underneath the motor mount, on the right end bottom under the handwheel, and just under the bed of the machine, front. These numbers are going to be on a metal plate attached by 2 or more rivets. Should you see 2 or more small holes in the casting in any of these locations, it is possible that the plate has been removed. The number that you have supplied is the serial number, and it can be very difficult to determine the model number from this information as the machine is manufactured at a number of different plants/locations.
SOURCE: riccar sewing machine 8500
I don't know if this will help or not, but here is a website where you can download a manual for any of the Riccar products: http://www.riccar.com/help/manuals/
SOURCE: I need an instruction manual for a Jones sewing machine model 865
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The best information I have is that Brother Corp bought out Jones Sewing Co in 1968. If they rebranded the sewing machines I can not tell. You can search;
http://www.brother-usa.com/homesewing/retiredmodels/retiredmodels.aspx
and see if anything matches your machine from the retired models.
SOURCE: what is the value of my admiral sewing machine
Hi. The value of any sewing machine is purely subjective. Sewing machines were made by the millions and the ones made prior to about 1970 were generally extremely well engineered, constructed of metal, and--with just basic, routine maintenance-- will last for many decades. All my regular sewing is done on machines that range in age from 50 to 90 years.
Machines like yours aren't at all rare (sorry) but there are people out there who do like the old machines. You can look on Ebay to get a feel for how much people are willing to pay for machines like yours.
Sometimes a machine, such as Singer model 221 Featherweight, will become valuable. Quilters love this type of Singer because it's small, lightweight/portable, and has a marvelous stitch. One in excellent (meaning showroom) condition might sell for $400 or $500......but I could find any number of them at garage sales for $25.00 or less! (And there are lots of sewers out there who don't like them because all they do is straight stitch.)
This probably isn't what you want to hear. . . .
Robbie
SOURCE: Looking for Riccar sewing machine manual
you can get the manual by goggling Riccar 1570 manual for free. It will download, no problem
SOURCE: Need parts/manual for old Riccar sewing machine
Here's a manual for the 551, it should be similar enough for your machine.
http://www.riccar.com/ftp/whitepapers/551-Owners-Manual.pdf
If not look on www.riccar.com/help/manuals for a similar model.
Find out what shank your machine is and you should be able to buy parts for it. I find ebay great for old sewing machine parts.
Hope this helps!
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