1961 IBM Model C Executive #2080507
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
Created: 08-03-2014 at 04:53PM
Last Edit: 10-01-2015 at 04:07PM
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Description:
I have wanted an Executive since I first saw one in the ‘70s but didn’t really expect to ever have one. So when I saw this one on a table at a yard sale, well....
The “Date Installed” was 6-9-61 as per the card pasted inside _and_ the service record inside---ya gotta love that thorough IBM. So this was bought the same year that the Selectric was introduced---but the Selectric didn’t have proportional-spaced type---HA!
The typeface is Testimonial (Code 71). I’ll post a type sample when I can produce one. It came with five new carbon ribbons and a spare platen.
It has some problems, though: half of the slugs (the center-right half) do not make it to the paper. It sounds like it’s trying, though, so I’ll keep working on it. There was an empty ribbon spool rattling around inside; maybe it bent something.
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Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
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