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1964 Royal Electress Serial # GAE-13-8123578 1964 Royal Electress typewriter, Serial # GAE-13-8123578 James Grooms's 1964 Royal Electress typewriter. 2025-09-06 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1964 Royal Electress Serial # GAE-13-8123578 The McBee period is in full swing. These are a far cry from the previous Royal electrics. Royal claimed to have eliminated over 1000 parts with this one. It is not nearly as feature-rich as an RE. As a result, they created several obvious failure points with plastic parts. For example, the plastic shift clutch, a plastic space cam, and a flimsy return clutch. At some point, maybe late production, they changed the return clutch. I used one from a 565, and it swaps right in. I imagine this was a dealer field replacement situation because there is no way the original clutch mechanism would have stayed together for very long. If one made it through a life cycle on a power roller, there wasn't much value in the machine to make it cost-effective to replace it.

This is a composite of two machines. One with a busted shift clutch assembly provided all the white body parts, keys, and a return strap. Between that and a dead 565, it turned out pretty nice, although the impression is what it is because I am not replacing the power roller.

1964 Royal Electress #GAE-13-8123578

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 09-05-2025 at 05:33PM
Last Edit: 09-06-2025 at 04:51PM

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The McBee period is in full swing. These are a far cry from the previous Royal electrics. Royal claimed to have eliminated over 1000 parts with this one. It is not nearly as feature-rich as an RE. As a result, they created several obvious failure points with plastic parts. For example, the plastic shift clutch, a plastic space cam, and a flimsy return clutch. At some point, maybe late production, they changed the return clutch. I used one from a 565, and it swaps right in. I imagine this was a dealer field replacement situation because there is no way the original clutch mechanism would have stayed together for very long. If one made it through a life cycle on a power roller, there wasn't much value in the machine to make it cost-effective to replace it.

This is a composite of two machines. One with a busted shift clutch assembly provided all the white body parts, keys, and a return strap. Between that and a dead 565, it turned out pretty nice, although the impression is what it is because I am not replacing the power roller.

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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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