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1939 Royal Aristocrat Serial # B-916963 1939 Royal Aristocrat typewriter, Serial # B-916963 James Grooms's 1939 Royal Aristocrat typewriter. 2025-06-02 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1939 Royal Aristocrat Serial # B-916963 The Royal parade continues, and I must admit a change of brand pace may be overdue. This one was/is pretty rusty. The legend is ugly. However, it has good rubber and serviceable feet. With a clipped QDL for parts, what the heck. The top and side covers were off this. Then when I am done I have fifteen characters that won't lift the ribbon high enough on caps! Of course, I only realized this until I sorted out the wildly off motion whereby someone was trying to compensate for the lift issue. So, I have 'formed' a few of these with the tools on hand in the past, but without the proper bending tool there is no way I am doing fifteen of them. So I slipped some heat shrink over each one and boom! Fixed (pic). Now of course you may say this won't last. Yes, probably so, but this stuff is super hard and for light duty use it'll work. And if I get ahold of the proper tool, it will peel right off and no harm no foul. In the meantime, it types.

The case is a later generation.

1939 Royal Aristocrat #B-916963

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 06-01-2025 at 03:04PM
Last Edit: 06-02-2025 at 06:13AM

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The Royal parade continues, and I must admit a change of brand pace may be overdue. This one was/is pretty rusty. The legend is ugly. However, it has good rubber and serviceable feet. With a clipped QDL for parts, what the heck. The top and side covers were off this. Then when I am done I have fifteen characters that won't lift the ribbon high enough on caps! Of course, I only realized this until I sorted out the wildly off motion whereby someone was trying to compensate for the lift issue. So, I have 'formed' a few of these with the tools on hand in the past, but without the proper bending tool there is no way I am doing fifteen of them. So I slipped some heat shrink over each one and boom! Fixed (pic). Now of course you may say this won't last. Yes, probably so, but this stuff is super hard and for light duty use it'll work. And if I get ahold of the proper tool, it will peel right off and no harm no foul. In the meantime, it types.

The case is a later generation.

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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandparents had a No 5. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! A casual interest in typewriters started with a garage sale 3 bank simply because it said Underwood on it. Typewriters were found here and there , but I wasn't actively looking for them. The long dormant collecting tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved.

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