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1961 Royal FP Serial # FPP-7156213 1961 Royal FP typewriter, Serial # FPP-7156213 James Grooms's 1961 Royal FP typewriter. 2025-01-03 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1961 Royal FP Serial # FPP-7156213 The last great Royal. A fitting tribute to the greatest typewriter ever produced. It's all downhill from here.

A tale of the current typewriter market. A FBM post at $20. One bad overexposed picture in the dark with the flash. The lever was clearly bent over onto the top. I figured $10 for parts. He accepted, but meetup was an issue. Then the post changed to "these go for lots of money of ebay, $100 is a steal...". So I'm out.
Time goes by and it shows up in the dark Home Depot parking lot delivered for $15.

Something fell onto it, and bent and twisted the return lever over. It's still a little wonky, but other than this it turned out nice. Not much use and the scratches and chips seem mostly to have occured after it was parked somewhere.

Much heavier action than the green 58. I'm going to investigate more.

1961 Royal FP #FPP-7156213

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 01-03-2025 at 05:21PM
Last Edit: 01-03-2025 at 06:03PM

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The last great Royal. A fitting tribute to the greatest typewriter ever produced. It's all downhill from here.

A tale of the current typewriter market. A FBM post at $20. One bad overexposed picture in the dark with the flash. The lever was clearly bent over onto the top. I figured $10 for parts. He accepted, but meetup was an issue. Then the post changed to "these go for lots of money of ebay, $100 is a steal...". So I'm out.
Time goes by and it shows up in the dark Home Depot parking lot delivered for $15.

Something fell onto it, and bent and twisted the return lever over. It's still a little wonky, but other than this it turned out nice. Not much use and the scratches and chips seem mostly to have occured after it was parked somewhere.

Much heavier action than the green 58. I'm going to investigate more.

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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandparents had a No 5. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! A casual interest in typewriters started with a garage sale 3 bank simply because it said Underwood on it. Typewriters were found here and there , but I wasn't actively looking for them. The long dormant collecting tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved.

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