When did they change from curved bentwood covers? From the
ISMACS website I think it was about 1954. There was a batch of 201s with EJ serial numbers in December 1953 and the first mention of aluminium bodied 201s was May 1954.
My 1949 201K has a bentwood cover.
My 1957 201K (aluminium) has a cover like
thisbut some of the aluminium 201s have slide-in cases like
thisI think that the best thing to put into a 201K case is ..........
A Singer 201K
But to be honest I don't use mine, it's hidden away in the attic! It doesn't fit on properly without being locked and then unlocked to remove it, so that means having the key on a long piece of string so as not to loose it. I did use it as a template to make a fabric cover.
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The case for the aluminium body 201 clips on differently but it's such a horrid colour - somewhere between diahorrea and dirty nappy - so I made that a cover too. It's just a very tight fit but is removable.
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