1963 Western Auto (Brother) Wizard Truetype #L3329499
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Amanda Wood (typesofthought)
Created: 09-02-2023 at 09:57AM
Last Edit: 09-02-2023 at 09:58AM
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Description:
This little guy is messed up. Carriage won't return and the left platen knob snapped off. Looks to be Elite typeface given the platen measurements, but couldn't test it even if I wanted to right now.
Bought as a possible classroom typewriter for a teacher, but I don't even know if this is worth it at this point. If anyone needs it for parts, please reach out. Going on the far back burner while I work on repairing more promising machines.
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Hunter: Amanda Wood (typesofthought)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 373
First typewriter bought in 6/2023, now at over 30 in my collection with most recorded in the galleries. There's a special place in my heart for Smith-Coronas, blue typewriters, and typewriters from 1964 (my parents' birth year). Prefer manuals to electrics, portables to ultra portables or desktops, but will head home with anything if it's cheap enough and functional/repairable. I've successfully gifted typewriters to two siblings, a best friend, and an in-law. Keeping up with my lifelong tradition of making and repairing by hand. When not typing or working on a typewriter, I'm often reading, gardening (vegetable), preserving harvests (canning, dehydrating, freezing), knitting, sewing, writing letters/short stories, or shooting film photography. I like the slow, analog life.
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