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1967 Smith Corona Corsair Deluxe Serial # 6YC 631116W 1967 Smith Corona Corsair Deluxe typewriter, Serial # 6YC 631116W James Grooms's 1967 Smith Corona Corsair Deluxe typewriter. 2025-01-10 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1967 Smith Corona Corsair Deluxe Serial # 6YC 631116W Is this the worst model S-C offered up before the 80s and everything fell apart? At $33.99 maybe the expectations weren't very high? No wonder they would start whining about Brother "dumping" product into NA. Imagine if this good looking gal had a mechanism to match her style.

This one was clean, clean, clean. It had never been apart. I am pretty certain the shiny spools were the original. The case tells the story. I didn't even take the platen out. A quick clean, some polish here and there and away she goes. Even with very little use, it had the typical bent typebars and links. Oh what might have been if they had slipped a JP-1 into it.

Corsair vs Corsair Deluxe?
1. Ribbon switch went under the cover.
2. Touch control moved to the left side from under the cover.
3. Funky tab button (sometimes).
4. ?
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In 73 Corsair Deluxe production was moved to the new SCM plant in Singapore.

1967 Smith Corona Corsair Deluxe #6YC 631116W

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 12-10-2024 at 04:13PM
Last Edit: 01-10-2025 at 07:14AM

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Is this the worst model S-C offered up before the 80s and everything fell apart? At $33.99 maybe the expectations weren't very high? No wonder they would start whining about Brother "dumping" product into NA. Imagine if this good looking gal had a mechanism to match her style.

This one was clean, clean, clean. It had never been apart. I am pretty certain the shiny spools were the original. The case tells the story. I didn't even take the platen out. A quick clean, some polish here and there and away she goes. Even with very little use, it had the typical bent typebars and links. Oh what might have been if they had slipped a JP-1 into it.

Corsair vs Corsair Deluxe?
1. Ribbon switch went under the cover.
2. Touch control moved to the left side from under the cover.
3. Funky tab button (sometimes).
4. ?
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In 73 Corsair Deluxe production was moved to the new SCM plant in Singapore.

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