hi watlingboy, the reason i asked is because a machine was listed on ebay in the UK which for sure looked like a watling lincoln deluxe cabinet with an unusual torch front design on the lower front casting. the seller was adamant that this was a mills machine, even though there is a large "W" on the top casting. so i was wondering if it was possible to put a mills mech inside a watling case. i was pretty sure this could not be done. the pictures the seller listed were quite vague. within the last couple of hours i got a glimpse of the mech and to my amazement, the mech is watling but has mills tin reel strips on it! no doubt this is why the seller was convinced it was by mills! maybe he thought the "W" on the top was in fact an "M" if you look at it from the back
ive never seen a lower front casting like this on a watling before. see what you think.