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1939 Underwood 4 Bank Portable Serial # G1202314 1939 Underwood 4 Bank Portable typewriter, Serial # G1202314 William Cragg's 1939 Underwood 4 Bank Portable typewriter. 2026-11-08 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of William Cragg: 1939 Underwood 4 Bank Portable Serial # G1202314 This was an unfortunate victim of my stupidity. It was disassembled to hopefully be able to repaint the case, however life got in the way of those plans and it ended up sitting for several months. Not only am I missing parts to be able to put it back together but also one of the screw dishes I had has disappeared into the void, making it impossible to re-assemble. Mechanically its perfectly fine, But the carriage is disassembled and missing the pieces to re-assemble it, and I have most of the casing pieces, tho they are in rough shape. I am incredibly ashamed of this but, it has taught me the valuable lesson of "If you aren't going to be able to re-assemble it within a few days, put it back together now so you have all the parts". It really is a shame, it was a nice machine. I have some of the parts fully restored and half restored so its got good parts for those who need them.

1939 Underwood 4 Bank Portable #G1202314

Status: Parting Out
Hunter: William Cragg (Astro13)
Created: 11-08-2026 at 12:04PM
Last Edit: 11-08-2026 at 12:10PM

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This was an unfortunate victim of my stupidity. It was disassembled to hopefully be able to repaint the case, however life got in the way of those plans and it ended up sitting for several months. Not only am I missing parts to be able to put it back together but also one of the screw dishes I had has disappeared into the void, making it impossible to re-assemble. Mechanically its perfectly fine, But the carriage is disassembled and missing the pieces to re-assemble it, and I have most of the casing pieces, tho they are in rough shape. I am incredibly ashamed of this but, it has taught me the valuable lesson of "If you aren't going to be able to re-assemble it within a few days, put it back together now so you have all the parts". It really is a shame, it was a nice machine. I have some of the parts fully restored and half restored so its got good parts for those who need them.

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Hunter: William Cragg (Astro13)

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