Which Adler 67 to restore?

[JulesPDX]

Hi all - 

I found an Adler 67-372T at the Goodwill Bins and an Adler 67-GA-373 all rusted out in a shipping container. I'm trying to figure out which is the better machine to restore since I think I have to salvage parts from one for the other, but that's really the question. The manuals cover both the 67 and 167 so I'm not 100% sure if one of these is actually missing parts or not.

Trying to fix up these machines is the hobby! I intend to sell these machines once they're in good working order. I don't actually sew myself. I just love machines.

Here's what I have:

67-372T - this one has already been scrubbed so looks better than the second. 

Front (Is it missing the bars at the top)? The tension unit has a few broken pieces, but I know I can find new ones to purchase.

This picture shows what I think is a missing collar behind the stitch length locking lever (I can see this in the diagrams of the manuals, so this one just may be missing, but I'm not 100% sure). The other 67 has this part so I was considering poaching it from that one, or I can find one online for ~$USD 35

This is the back of the machine - it looks like it has the mounts for a top presser bar, but I really don't know if it is required

This is the unit model

 

67-GA-373

You can see a fair bit of rust. The feed dog is missing since I stole a screw for the other machine, but I have it.

 

This thread guide is broken and seemingly stuck in the machine

 

Thanks for your advice! I can probably get my hands on missing parts or pieces but don't really want to get too much money into replacing parts. Also - I only have 1 table, so I'd be selling one of these as just the head, and I'm not 100% folks wanna buy machines that way, so that would be another expense to purchase a table.

 

Edited 13 hours ago by JulesPDX
adjusted image, fixed typo