1960 Royal FP #FPP-7052596
Status: Sightings
Hunter: BenJoe Markland (BenJoeM)
Created: 11-12-2026 at 11:14PM
Last Edit: 11-12-2026 at 11:14PM
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Description:
1960 Royal FP desktop standard in Royaltone Pearl Dark Gray. Pica, 10 CPI. Serial FPP-7052596 sits among FPs logged here as 1960 (7028644, 7056141 and 7058380). A client machine, cleaned and polished on my bench in December 2025 and returned to its owner.
It still wears its dealer decal: Typewriter Exchange, 65 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio. That shop is long gone.
Work done on the bench:
- Full clean with lacquer thinner and chemical grease removal
- Air compressor blowout
- Body cleaned and polished
- Gun oil on all joints
- Platen cleaned
- Red ribbon vibrator freed
- Magic Margins, tabulator, shift and backspace verified
- New ribbon
Final evaluation: Great, 8 out of 10. The key pads show noticeable damage; everything else came up well. Restored by Slow Letter Co., Syracuse, Utah. https://slowletterco.com
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