1970 Konryu Collegiate #8081742
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Ted Munk (munk)
Created: 04-29-2013 at 06:18PM
Last Edit: 01-26-2015 at 09:45AM
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Description:
Made in Japan by Konryu Corporation and sold by "Western Stamping Corporation". This machine is certainly is terrible to type on, but it seems aimed at the student market. There is no carriage return lever - you manually return the carriage and advance the line using the carriage knob.
This looks like the non-deluxe version of the one shown in 1970 Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog (see gallery)
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Hunter: Ted Munk (munk)
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Status: Curator
Points: 2786
I am a scoundrel without a cause, and my swank outshines the sun.
I am a casual Typewriter Hunter residing in the sweltering deserts of Arizona with a wife, three cats and about 50 typewriters. My main hunting ground is thrift stores, and I rarely pay more than $10 for a machine. My collection consists mainly of portables with cases, and they stay in the cases unless I am actively using it (usually more than one at a time). I do, however keep a handful of interesting Selectrics, including a Composer and a couple of large Nakajima Electronics to use as daisywheel printers for my vintage laptop collection.
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