1962 Groma Kolibri #689079
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Daniel Burgoyne (Ixzed23)
Created: 01-24-2023 at 08:54PM
Last Edit: 03-10-2023 at 11:14AM
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Description:
Wade Staddon, a fellow collector, gifted me this typewriter in the hope that I would be able to restore it.
The damage caused by rust is extensive all over this machine and, really catastrophic at the rear part of the carriage.
I acquired an "irrecuperable due to damage by shipping" Groma Kolibri #600906 from from a collector in Colorado, USA in order to Frankenstein the two machines into one functional Kolibri with a QWERTY French Canadian keyboard.
To be continued...
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Hunter: Daniel Burgoyne (Ixzed23)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 595
Bonjour! I am from the region of Montreal, Quebec and moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1992.
Amateur watchmaker and machinist, I love anything mechanical, hydraulic or electric. I have restored American and Canadian clocks and small lathes, milling machines and a jig bore.
Most of my typewriters have French Canadian QWERTY keyboards, with some exception for rare finds.
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