The machine on the next two pages is identical to that illustrated in the advertisement on the Portass Home Page. Fitted to the "Underdrive" pedestal stand, the only modification to this "Green List Dreadnought" has been a change from flat to a V-belt drive from the motor to the first countershaft pulley - a sensible modification.
In 1976, thirty-three years after it was made (and sixteen years after the model went out of production), Portass made the new owner a special T-slotted cross slide and vertical milling slide for it - this attention to personal service was a mark of the Portass company, where all enquiries received a detailed reply from Mr. Portass himself. More pictures here.
Although a simple and rather old-fashioned lathe Dreadnought was accurate and honestly made and some experienced owners took advantage of this by making a series of simple, well-engineered modifications that overcame many limitations of the original design and produced a much more versatile and easily-used machine.