1966 Smith Corona Riviera #5AXR-101810
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 01-02-2026 at 03:22PM
Last Edit: 01-02-2026 at 03:34PM
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Description:
A TWDB first. There are fifteen ad matches from late 66 to early 67 for this model. They are all in Iowa and Missouri. This machine was located in a suburb of KC, which is where most of the ads were placed. The Jone's Store ad is from the KC Star. The manual shows a 6 Series machine (see ad).
The front logo is blank. The erasure table has "Riviera" on it.
What we have here is a rare version of essentially a Sterling. Maybe there were a few 5AXs in the pipe before the 6 series and they rebadged them for some reason. There is one from 2023 on the FB group that has the same blank logo, paper table and 6 series manual.
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