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1951 Smith Corona 6A Serial # 6A3101703-11 1951 Smith Corona 6A typewriter, Serial # 6A3101703-11 James Grooms's 1951 Smith Corona 6A typewriter. 2025-01-14 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1951 Smith Corona 6A Serial # 6A3101703-11 This is a composite of two machines, so a bit of a two tone in the panels. The back cover was missing and the tab covers were bent up. As well the tab lever link was missing. So a machine that is pretty nice, but has two missing slugs gave up some parts.

I have wondered why you don't see as many of these 6/7/88s around as its competitors. If the SNs equate to sales, they sold a lot of them. This plays out in the galleries, where even the ugly HH is a clear leader. There's no Youtube cult following.

So off to the newspapers and the prices for rebuilds. The HH is pretty consistently more expensive. Sometimes KMMs are going for close to what a 6A/7A costs. Just a guess, but I think that a quality impression took/takes more work to tune and was often out of adjustment. So despite sales, were many just sent to the scrap pile?

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Beeching has nothing on 2A, 6A or 7A. The gap in accurate SC info goes way back. The more time you spend in Beeching, the more omissions and errors one finds. The 1990 reprint, despite what some say, is just that, a reprint in a smaller format.

1951 Smith Corona 6A #6A3101703-11

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 01-13-2025 at 10:26AM
Last Edit: 01-14-2025 at 07:52AM

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This is a composite of two machines, so a bit of a two tone in the panels. The back cover was missing and the tab covers were bent up. As well the tab lever link was missing. So a machine that is pretty nice, but has two missing slugs gave up some parts.

I have wondered why you don't see as many of these 6/7/88s around as its competitors. If the SNs equate to sales, they sold a lot of them. This plays out in the galleries, where even the ugly HH is a clear leader. There's no Youtube cult following.

So off to the newspapers and the prices for rebuilds. The HH is pretty consistently more expensive. Sometimes KMMs are going for close to what a 6A/7A costs. Just a guess, but I think that a quality impression took/takes more work to tune and was often out of adjustment. So despite sales, were many just sent to the scrap pile?

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Beeching has nothing on 2A, 6A or 7A. The gap in accurate SC info goes way back. The more time you spend in Beeching, the more omissions and errors one finds. The 1990 reprint, despite what some say, is just that, a reprint in a smaller format.

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