1959 Tower Chieftain III #3YT169956
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-18-2025 at 08:53AM
Last Edit: 02-18-2025 at 08:54AM
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Description:
Purchased from the original owner in September 2022. This is my first Smith-Corona Skyriter variant, and I'm not impressed with how it types. I think it may still need more cleaning; the segment was really jammed up when I got it.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.
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