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1956 Underwood SX Serial # 11 7945353 1956 Underwood SX typewriter, Serial # 11 7945353 James Grooms's 1956 Underwood SX typewriter. 2024-11-06 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1956 Underwood SX Serial # 11 7945353 Underwood week! Shows as an SX 50. Does anyone know what the difference between a 50 and 150 is? This was a cheapie project. A clean up and a few adjustments. It is easy to work on is about all I will give it. It shows the decline of Underwood in my opinion. It is a segment shift grafted onto a # 5 essentially. It defies fast typing and this is a pretty solid example.
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Ads. There is no contemporary ads calling the SX when they were new. There are a few ads for rebuilds showing SX100 and SX150, but I can't see a difference between the two. There were no SX50 ads to be found. The pricing is consistently less than a Super Riter or an HH.

1956 Underwood SX #11 7945353

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 12-20-2023 at 09:59AM
Last Edit: 11-06-2024 at 05:09AM

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Underwood week! Shows as an SX 50. Does anyone know what the difference between a 50 and 150 is? This was a cheapie project. A clean up and a few adjustments. It is easy to work on is about all I will give it. It shows the decline of Underwood in my opinion. It is a segment shift grafted onto a # 5 essentially. It defies fast typing and this is a pretty solid example.
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Ads. There is no contemporary ads calling the SX when they were new. There are a few ads for rebuilds showing SX100 and SX150, but I can't see a difference between the two. There were no SX50 ads to be found. The pricing is consistently less than a Super Riter or an HH.

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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.


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