1966 Remington Model 24 #M290255
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 10-19-2024 at 04:55PM
Last Edit: 12-03-2024 at 04:39PM
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While the elfs toil away in the typewriter sweatshop, I am off in the hinterlands where the $10 typewriters still exist. The line lock is stuck and there is a little bit of rust around, but otherwise it should clean up well. Do you want to know how bad it is over at Remington when you don't have a viable option to an IBM? Well buy two 25s and they throw in a 24 for free.
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Is this the last great standard? I believe if you mean domestically, it is. Underwood is gone and even if they were around the Touchmast 5 cost cutting measure machine is no match. It wasn't a match when it was the 'Golden Touch." As well Royal/Litton has butchered the FP and stuck it in the Electress body. Smith Corona and the 75? I've never had one on the bench. Was it another cost-cutter?
The Remington Model 24 is the same as the Standard model. It is not quite a 17, as those had a finer touch setting and a were softer at the low setting. These three-position machines always feel heavy. I don't know when they started with the pivoting rear section (pic), but it is sweet. *** 1950 with the first Super Riter. See pic. Fold-A-Matic.
Remington is clearly following the Royal example with the Empress/Electress. It is the only way to explain the large shell this Standard is placed in, While the Model 26 (1970) will have a different shell, I'd bet they indented this to be the shell it would go in,
This example came off a farm and was out in a shed, so full of the fine sand you'd expect. The big issue was a few areas of rust. The ribbon switch and the line lock pivot in particular. I got the line lock lever to move, but it was moving the pivot post along with it. If not for the flip back frame, I wouldn't have been able to get a pair of Vise-Grips on the pivot (pic) and hold it while moving the lever with some PBB assist.
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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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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.
Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose. My goal is type tested machines. My interests are not isolated to anyone area. For example, I am a big fan of Smith Corona electrics, mid century electrics and all things Royal.
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