1967 Smith Corona Super Sterling #6SS-146361
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 11-28-2023 at 04:17PM
Last Edit: 06-07-2024 at 04:53AM
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A reasonably priced antique booth find. A quick service, then some tuning with a silent treatment, escape and tension adjustments. Excellent cosmetics. Pica.
By 1967 IBM dominates with 1/3 of market share. However, SCM rules in portables in both manual and electric variants to run in 3rd place behind a fast falling Royal. SCMs market penetration in nearly every major department store ,as show here in the K-Mart ad, would be hard to counter. And here we have the Sterling with over 500k in sales during the 6SS run and this is just one of many SCM variants available in 1967.
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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 grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the Smith Corona Super Sterling on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the Smith Corona Serial Number page and the Smith Corona Super Sterling By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
