My daily sewer is a vintage Elna Supermatic Star Series. Manufactured somewhere between 1964 and 1971.
This website is a great resource for the history of Elna. http://www.needlebar.org/main/elna/index.html

My mom got this machine new and now I am still using it as my daily sewer. I think that says it all about the quality of the machine.

The cord just gave out on me but I'm hoping to find a replacement so I can keep on sewing with this wonderful machine!