A small sample of the influx of machines from the past couple of months...
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| Olivetti Lexikon 80 (thanks to a typeOsphere benefactor!) |
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| A wonderful, 1 owner, *early* Smith-Corona Galaxie is glorious orange! |
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| Another 1-owner machine, purchased new in the 1950s. I love the gray & maroon of this Olympia SM-3. |
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| Traded for this 1940's Royal Aristocrat, and it is held in high esteem! These are great machines. |
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| A pretty rare find in Ohio - a QWERTZ keyboard Torpedo desktop typer. |
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| A Vari-Typer that a customer traded to me for service. I like those kinds of deals! |
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| Another rare find in Ohio, a very French (they told us this 3 times on the body) AMC in lovely 2-tone. |
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| A very early Underwood 3-bank typer that I have had ZERO time to work on. :-( |
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| Sears & Roebuck 2-tone green Remington 2 (variant). One of 70,000. |
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| The super-cool Underwood tripod case. I love this thing! |
I'm curious, what is the serial number on the Underwood 3-bank?
ReplyDeleteThose are some fine looking typewriters. You're lucky to get the Underwood with the tripod case.
ReplyDeleteThat Lexikon 80 is a dead ringer for mine, in other words, equally awesome! Welcome back!
ReplyDeleteI think that if strategically placed around the Earth, sufficient Lexikons could affect not only the plane's magnetic field but the axis's tilt as well.
ReplyDeletegreat additions Brian!
ReplyDeleteI think I know what color the Galaxie is. It's the same color as Paul Varjak's machine in Breakfast at Tiffany's:
ReplyDeletehttp://munk.org/typecast/2015/07/19/breakfast-at-tiffanys-paul-varjaks-typewriter/
I think it's "Apache Tan" (a color only available on Galaxies prior to 6T363650 [1965])
Ok, probably pinned it down, try "Hunter Red" on for size, and see if it fits your Galaxie. Found that color name in a 1960 issue of Boy's Life.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sold, Ted. This one looks red : http://youtu.be/I2WfJGJDTb4
DeleteBut mine in more orange.