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196x Remington Bel-Air Serial # MX1563703 196x Remington Bel-Air typewriter, Serial # MX1563703 Joe Veronese's 196x Remington Bel-Air typewriter. 2024-10-18 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Joe Veronese: 196x Remington Bel-Air Serial # MX1563703 Recently got this from a co-worker, a Remington Bel-Air. From what I can find my best guess is 1962 for the release year. Made in Belgium with an all plastic shell. Gave it some love and cleaning and it seems to work great. It has a specialty ribbon spool, but the ribbon itself is standard size so I was able to wrap a new ribbon around the spools and start typing. Can't find a manual or a whole lot of information on this model, but it works well. The keyboard is definitely small, even for a portable.

196x Remington Bel-Air #MX1563703

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Joe Veronese (TheGrumpyRobot)
Created: 10-18-2024 at 07:13AM
Last Edit: 10-18-2024 at 07:17AM


Description:

Recently got this from a co-worker, a Remington Bel-Air. From what I can find my best guess is 1962 for the release year. Made in Belgium with an all plastic shell. Gave it some love and cleaning and it seems to work great. It has a specialty ribbon spool, but the ribbon itself is standard size so I was able to wrap a new ribbon around the spools and start typing. Can't find a manual or a whole lot of information on this model, but it works well. The keyboard is definitely small, even for a portable.

Typeface Specimen:

Photos:

The back
The back

The left side
The left side

The right side
The right side

The serial number, located under the keyboard near the bottom.
The serial number, located under the keyboard near the bottom.

A close-up of the typebars
A close-up of the typebars

Hunter: Joe Veronese (TheGrumpyRobot)

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