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1938 Remington 30 Serial # ZR320135 1938 Remington 30 typewriter, Serial # ZR320135 Jan Mark Novalija's 1938 Remington 30 typewriter. 2019-04-27 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Jan Mark Novalija: 1938 Remington 30 Serial # ZR320135 I bought it at a flea market, it was covered in dirt, grime and the keys were all gummed up - but since then it has been restored to full working condition.
I had to change all of the cardboard keys because many of them just disintegrated and the plastic on top of them was in many places cracked and badly yellowed (after cleaning and polishing just one of the non-fractured ones for 20 minutes straight with no results, I just decided to replace them - it wasn't worth the effort)
The only thing I need to fix now is to adjust the type height on the keys where they meet the ribbon but I will take care of that some other time.

This particular one was made in mid- March 1938. and was probably shipped and sold in Croatia at the beginning of WWII in Zagreb which was at that time a part of Yugoslavia, hence its Croatian keyboard.

1938 Remington 30 #ZR320135

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Jan Mark Novalija (Jan12)
Created: 04-27-2019 at 04:29AM
Last Edit: 04-27-2019 at 05:10AM

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I bought it at a flea market, it was covered in dirt, grime and the keys were all gummed up - but since then it has been restored to full working condition.
I had to change all of the cardboard keys because many of them just disintegrated and the plastic on top of them was in many places cracked and badly yellowed (after cleaning and polishing just one of the non-fractured ones for 20 minutes straight with no results, I just decided to replace them - it wasn't worth the effort)
The only thing I need to fix now is to adjust the type height on the keys where they meet the ribbon but I will take care of that some other time.

This particular one was made in mid- March 1938. and was probably shipped and sold in Croatia at the beginning of WWII in Zagreb which was at that time a part of Yugoslavia, hence its Croatian keyboard.

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New keyboard - this one didn´t come with tabulator keys - there is a Tabulator key on the top right but it doesn´t do anything
New keyboard - this one didn´t come with tabulator keys - there is a Tabulator key on the top right but it doesn´t do anything

The tabulator mechanism was either taken off before the machine came to Croatia or it was removed at one point in time after it arrived
The tabulator mechanism was either taken off before the machine came to Croatia or it was removed at one point in time after it arrived


General Dealership "Remington", Matador - Zagreb Ilica street 5
General Dealership "Remington", Matador - Zagreb Ilica street 5

Serial number: #ZR320135
Serial number: #ZR320135

Hunter: Jan Mark Novalija (Jan12)

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I'm younger than most typewriter collectors on this site at just 19 years old, but I know my way around typewriters pretty well. I think I am one of the very few people who know how to repair and restore various typewriter models in Croatia. My passion is to restore any typewriter I receive to full working condition.


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