195X Passat BS 2 #XXXXXX
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
Created: 09-02-2022 at 07:26AM
Last Edit: 09-02-2022 at 07:30AM
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This is something one doesn't see everyday. In fact, I had never ever seen one of these before!
I know exaclty nothing about this manufacturer, this model and everything. I only know I got this oddity in Madrid, and there was no way it could escape.
Sold as a non-working, hopeless machine, but I've managed to convince it to give me a typeface sample. New drawband, some cleaning... and it skips spaces when it feels like it, so more work to be done there. If anyone can tell something about this machine, it'd be very welcome. The only thing I've managed to fish out is that according to ETCetera nº 86 there's a Passat BS 1 at the Sirvent collection, and I've filed this as BS 2 just because... because... Because I have no clue.
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Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
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The first typewriter I saw was my grandpa´s Olivetti Linea 98 at the office. It was just a curio for me. Then I was given a Nakajima, which I didn´t use and my grandfather took it from me because it was easier to handle than the bulky Linea 98. Now I own that typewriter, and I started a little collection in Valladolid, Spain. The Nakajima, which is "my" typewriter only returned home in 2017, almost 20 years later, when he wanted a better typewriter.
A collection that started small grew into something bigger, a nuisace for my family and a great source of satisfaction for me.
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