1948 Torpedo 18 #459288
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Tom Rehkopf (TomR)
Created: 08-15-2018 at 12:37PM
Last Edit: 08-17-2018 at 02:13PM
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Description:
Great looks and a fine typer, keyboard action is short and crisp, reminiscent of a well-tuned Royal Model "O" Touch Control. Looks are similar too. These typewriters are pretty uncommon in my neck of the woods.
Purchased from a local seller who said her grandmother was the original owner. Seller's grandparents escaped from Austria during the war and emigrated to South America. Given the Spanish QWERTY keyboard and 1948 serial number, the machine was probably purchased locally in South America after the war.
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Hunter: Tom Rehkopf (TomR)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 102
Collecting typewriters off and on for 25 years, more "on" the last couple years. Meshes well with my other collecting hobby, fountain pens. Typewriters seem to find me, I don't have to look for them. First there are a couple, then 10, then 20, then 50...its getting out of hand.
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