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1960 Smith Corona Electric Portable Serial # 5TE223945 1960 Smith Corona Electric Portable typewriter, Serial # 5TE223945 James Grooms's 1960 Smith Corona Electric Portable typewriter. 2024-12-16 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1960 Smith Corona Electric Portable Serial # 5TE223945 As found. My fourth example of the legend. This one near the end of the 5 series and the last SN currently on the database. I also have the first one, so go figure that (link).
I have done nothing to this to date. No case and doesn't appear it was ever in one, as the tell tale scratches are not present. No belt thump. How this thing was hermetically stored is a mystery.

"No 66 elite." 12 cpi. There is a no 66 "elite Pica" just to confuse things.
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As is often the case when they are so unused, there is something amiss. A reason they were parked for another day that never came. The pivot screw for the ribbon advance, up by the selector switch, was gone. So it would only lift the ribbon just a tad and inconsistently. A Coronet parts machine, that uses a pivot post with an e-clip for this, gave up the shoulder screw for the pulley pivot mechanism. With a long thin driver and some careful consideration to the angle of approach , it was an easy fix once I figured it out.

1960 Smith Corona Electric Portable #5TE223945

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 10-06-2024 at 10:04AM
Last Edit: 12-16-2024 at 08:01AM

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As found. My fourth example of the legend. This one near the end of the 5 series and the last SN currently on the database. I also have the first one, so go figure that (link).
I have done nothing to this to date. No case and doesn't appear it was ever in one, as the tell tale scratches are not present. No belt thump. How this thing was hermetically stored is a mystery.

"No 66 elite." 12 cpi. There is a no 66 "elite Pica" just to confuse things.
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As is often the case when they are so unused, there is something amiss. A reason they were parked for another day that never came. The pivot screw for the ribbon advance, up by the selector switch, was gone. So it would only lift the ribbon just a tad and inconsistently. A Coronet parts machine, that uses a pivot post with an e-clip for this, gave up the shoulder screw for the pulley pivot mechanism. With a long thin driver and some careful consideration to the angle of approach , it was an easy fix once I figured it out.

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