According to :
http://www.searsarchives.com/history/files/sewing_id.pdf
the machine was produced in 1976-77
The model 158.1780 was built from 1978 through 1980. It sold for $375.99 and was one of the top of the line Sears Kenmores in that time period.
My husband bought mine brand new for part of my wedding gift in 1969.
So, 1969 is my answer.
How do you fill the bobbin
1968-1969
1979
We purchased our Kenmore Sewing Machine Model 95 on 28 September 1967. My wife is still using it.
Google the make and model number
1963-1965
1976
I'm not quite sure when it was made, but I bought a Kenmore 158.14001 in 1969.
I bought my Sears Kenmore sewing machine, Model 1516, in 1972.
I still own and operate my Kenmore Sewing Machine, Model Number 1931 (158.19310). It was my Christmas gift the first year I was married in 1976!
I purchased this machine in 1979
There is not a model 14814220 for the Kenmore Vintage Sewing machine; this number is the part number.
We have been told the Kenmore sewing machine model 385-1778180 is 30 years old. I purchased my 385.1778180 Sears Kenmore sewing machine new at Sears in 1988.
whats the valuve of a 1957 kenmore sewing machine
A Kenmore model 1602 158.16020 1971-1972 sewing machine has a value of about $50 to $150, depending on the condition.