1960 Royal Dart #D-4385348
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Charlie Cale (CWCALE)
Created: 06-03-2022 at 12:52PM
Last Edit: 06-03-2022 at 02:58PM
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Description:
Ahhh, the Dart, much like the old Dodge of the same name this typer looks great from a distance.
Named this one Bo Tanker, because despite being categorized an "ultraportable" it ain't. The big dumb lump of metal weighs in at...8 uncomfortable finger pinch, hard edged pounds. Feels like your typing on a brick. Plus this one has the light touch of an old school credit card embosser. "The knuckle buster". That might be a better name for this typewriter.
It arrived badly packed in a simple box and had shifted around a lot inside its body. The feet had rotted out and this rig bolts down to it's base plate, unbolted it all just slides around inside, so... now neither the shift release nor the spacebar work very well. I could/might consider this the machine I rip into to learn the ins and outs of typers. We'll see.
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Hunter: Charlie Cale (CWCALE)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 78
Another Gen-Xer who learned typing in High School on an IBM Selectric. Wrote a few college papers on the family's Royal HH and used a brother word processor with a daisy wheel to get my BA. Now a psychotherapist who still has the HH and has added a few awesome friends to the growing collection of mini printing presses..
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