Le Pacesetter (Br FZ-2)

Lemair Pacesetter (Br FZ-2)

The earliest Brother sewing machine to be imported and rebadged by Lemair. Visually similar to the Brother FZ-2. No other mention found of this online to date.

1959

• August 16, 1959 - Sydney Morning Herald, p.32 - Earliest advert for Lemair sewing machines found in SMH. Large photograph and promotional text for "Lemair Pacesetter" (Le _ Pacesetter [Br FZ-2]) and small line drawing and promo text for "Lemair-Helvetia Free Arm"
• Sep 15, 1959 - Sydney Morning Herald, p.15 - identical advert to the one from Aug 16, 1959 with "Lemair Pacesetter" and "Lemair-Helvetia Free Arm".

The Base Design

Brother FZ-2

The Lemair Pacesetter sewing machine was built and marketed by Brother in America as the FZ-2 Pacesetter. In 1959 this model wouldn’t have been top-of-the-line, there are adverts online from 1950-1956, so the design was at least nine years old.

• 1950 Japanese Brother Pacesetter Sewing Machine Advert. Ebay auction
• 1956 Brother Sewing Machines Advert of Pacesetter & 4 other Models  Ebay auction
• Brother FZ-2 PACESETTER Sewing Machine + Case VINTAGE Japan Closed Ebay auction with 24 photographs
• Vintage Japan Sewing Machines Yahoo Group has a number of conversations about this machine plus a copy of the User Manual, Service Manual and a note about bobbins in the Files section.