1970 IBM Model D Executive #8428646
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Lupo Cuore (WolvenHeart)
Created: 09-04-2022 at 04:47PM
Last Edit: 09-24-2022 at 08:32AM
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Description:
I bought this red beauty locally from a retired MIT professor. He was partners with another MIT professor who recently passed away, and so the typewriters were being sold as part of the estate the professor's relatives didn't want, just the cash for it. So this one and a green C Executive (and a Royal Medallion II as a throwin) came home with me. It's taken some work to get to the point it's mostly working, but there's a nagging problem with the spacebars where the cams and linkages don't fully return, making a rattling noise, but I'm sure I'll have it figured out soon. Least I could do for the late owner.
I love the effects you can do with the Executive's proportional type, and since the D shares the Selectric's keyboard, it feels great to type on. As another collector (whose nameI can't recall) said, this is a writer's typewriter.
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Hunter: Lupo Cuore (WolvenHeart)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 753
New collector with a penchant for offbeat models/brands and, conversely, the mundane models many overlook, if I have a personal connection or just find them interesting. Finding that collecting typewriters is like eating potato chips, you can't have just one! Also restorer of mechanical calcs, Vintage audio, and vintage computers.
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