1939 Corona Zephyr DeLuxe #1Y 13581
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Octavian Vesa (Octo)
Created: 09-16-2021 at 04:02PM
Last Edit: 09-16-2021 at 04:37PM
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Description:
Picked this tiny thing a few days ago, and I was amazed how compact it is! Apart from the ribbon covers, a few screws and a rubber missing from the bottom, it's all in one piece and still writes!
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Hunter: Octavian Vesa (Octo)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 15
Been passionate about mechanics and electronics for ages, and lately electronic music.
One day I collected a slightly broken synthesiser and the owner bundled it with a typewriter - it was to be my very first typewriter: a Royal Champion S ( a rebadged 1977 Triumph-Adler Gabriele).
After cleaning it and checking if it works (of course it does), I got very excited about these pure mechanical devices, and within a few weeks I started looking constantly for bargains on the local adverts, ending up with a couple more Adlers (Tippa and Contessa de Luxe) and an Olympia Traveller de Luxe - all sold as 'for spare or repairs' but apart from small niggles or a few bits dislocated during transport, all are still working fine.
And so the hunting began! The 1938 Smith Premier, the 1939 Erika S, etc - Easter Eggs all over the place ;-)
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