1967 Olympia SM8 #3230127
Status: My Collection
Hunter: David Sgriccia (dyn2type)
Created: 12-26-2024 at 12:36PM
Last Edit: 12-26-2024 at 12:49PM
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Another great Olympia with cursive. Acquired in California. This is the most documented machine in my collection. We have the test papers (Proof) from the factory, the unpacking instructions and the original buyer's reciept. Super clean. A little dusting and new rubber feet and a new ribbon - it is like 1967 all over again. T122
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Hunter: David Sgriccia (dyn2type)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1782
I have always enjoyed tinkering with mechanical "things". For a number of years my wife wanted an IBM Selectric, The machine she used many years ago as a secretary. In 2020 we found one at an auction and bought it for $15. It took another $150 for the typewriter repairman to get it working. That turned out to be T001 in our collection. In the beginning we bought whatever we found. Now I am concentrating on the portables rather than the older office machines. The collection is getting large and it is time to start posting on TWDB.
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