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196X Remington Standard Serial # TJ 405787 196X Remington Standard typewriter, Serial # TJ 405787 James Grooms's 196X Remington Standard typewriter. 2026-01-03 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 196X Remington Standard Serial # TJ 405787 The painted Italian. I always wanted to bead blast a Standard or S-R and paint it, because under the dull drab crinkle is a great typewriter. Too bad Remington waited until the end and offshored this fantastic looking and typing machine.

The Italian plant was in Naples. The French one in Lyons. I found a 1962 article about phasing out Lyons and moving the portables to Holland and the standards to Naples.

When this hit the radar, it was all hands on deck. Super clean with some minor kinks to work out and....yes...I am super excited about this one.
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Remington Super-Riter vs Standard.
This one creates a lot of confusion. The TWDB main page Remington serial numbers aren't separated.
Here is your spotters guide to what model you have.
Super Riters have key set margins. Standards have visible margins up top. Some Standards have the logo on the front, some do not. Some Standards in the wild have been spottted with a Super-Riter logo on the back. I'm going to guess a dealer just slapped a pretty cover on the back to replace one that was beat up, as they are interchangeable.
Standard covers have the silver trim strip. When they started selling them as rebuilts, they were called "Remington Silver Stripe." This is pretty interesting, as it seems to imply people didn't like the Super Riter's key set margin.

196X Remington Standard #TJ 405787

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 06-21-2024 at 04:25PM
Last Edit: 01-03-2026 at 10:07AM

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The painted Italian. I always wanted to bead blast a Standard or S-R and paint it, because under the dull drab crinkle is a great typewriter. Too bad Remington waited until the end and offshored this fantastic looking and typing machine.

The Italian plant was in Naples. The French one in Lyons. I found a 1962 article about phasing out Lyons and moving the portables to Holland and the standards to Naples.

When this hit the radar, it was all hands on deck. Super clean with some minor kinks to work out and....yes...I am super excited about this one.
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Remington Super-Riter vs Standard.
This one creates a lot of confusion. The TWDB main page Remington serial numbers aren't separated.
Here is your spotters guide to what model you have.
Super Riters have key set margins. Standards have visible margins up top. Some Standards have the logo on the front, some do not. Some Standards in the wild have been spottted with a Super-Riter logo on the back. I'm going to guess a dealer just slapped a pretty cover on the back to replace one that was beat up, as they are interchangeable.
Standard covers have the silver trim strip. When they started selling them as rebuilts, they were called "Remington Silver Stripe." This is pretty interesting, as it seems to imply people didn't like the Super Riter's key set margin.

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From the 1983 The Year of Living Dangerously. Gibson uses a Remington Standard.
From the 1983 The Year of Living Dangerously. Gibson uses a Remington Standard.



After this model comes the Model 19 in 1960.
After this model comes the Model 19 in 1960.

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