Can anyone give me any info on this?!?

It looks like a nice machine but at the moment it is still a pig in a poke.
It appears to have a good single phase 110/220 reversible motor on it now. Just wire it for 110V and plug/unplug it so you can evaluate the condition of the rest of the lathe. Or put a simple 20 amp single pole switch on it. You don't need it to reverse or be 3 phase or any of those things now - and a lot of folks never do need that stuff.
Why spend a bunch of dough on it before you know what you bought?
 
All good advice, so far. IMHO:

A three-phase motor & VFD is a great way to go, if you are starting from zero or the lathe already has a 3ph motor and you have no three phase power. Or you really want/need the additional control features of a VFD.

If I were in your position, I'd lean towards using the motor it came with and getting it going. The switch looks like it's only missing the handle which can be replaced, or made. If not, reversing switches are readily available. The wiring connections can be easily redone as needed. At least, as Ultradog pointed out, for evaluation. You can always upgrade to a VFD a a latter time.

As far as the switch location, My 10" South Bend has a similar switch placement and I initially thought the same "That's a bad place for it" but after almost a decade I have gotten use to it and rather like it.
 
Let us know if you have any wiring questions- if it's wired 220v I would leave it that way. It could be rewired for 110 but will
draw a fair amount of current and dim your lights when turned on, plus wear the switch out faster
Baldor makes good motors
Obscure lathe brand- zero info out there.
If you need any parts you'll have to make them
 
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I changed the oil in the head stock. It had clean oil in it and there was no shavings of any kind in the bottom. The gears all looked good as new. So I refilled it and started on the wiring. The original switch was smoked. I just wanted to see how it reacted being under power for the first time in years. I for the time being just wired it up 110V with an old 1930's breaker type on/off switch. Fired right up and runs great!! Not sure if I can easily post videos here or not but I'll try.
The inside of the headstock was quite a complex sight. The company said this is a "Norton gearbox". Not something I'm familiar with. It has two separate speed control levers and a knob to engage and disengage the autofeed screw and change its direction of rotation. Having to label the controls as I go in English.
 

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I'll do some cutting tomorrow. That tool that's in their currently was in there when I bought it. It's not in great shape. After work tomorrow hopefully I have some time to actually do some machining with it.
 

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I like your labelling! Reminds me of a buddy’s shop that had a two-speed ventilation fan: Hi and Lois
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The "intermediate" and "high" label on the headstock has to be wrong or something. There is a huge difference in spindle speed, and the "intermediate" is by far the fastest setting for whatever reason.
 
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