1970 Smith Corona Corona Seventy #6ESH 114318
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 10-17-2024 at 02:43PM
Last Edit: 10-17-2024 at 04:07PM
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Description:
The budget model that came out in 1970 per the ads. I assume this was the inspiration for the "Seventy" designation. This one is a 114 SN, and making another assumption, if they started with 100, this is a 1970 model. Ads peter out in 1973. Marketed heavily as a student machine.
It is essentially a Coronet 10 without the following:
No case (although some dealers ran ads with a case).
Two less keys.
No repeat keys.
No Rib/Rev
No carriage lock.
No paper ears.
No line gauge.
No line release lever.
Metal tab sets vs plastic.
Modified key tension selector wo a number/arrow pointer.
And the interesting one, no covers behind the ribbon spools.
This one was hardly used because they spilt something into the key area. Two trips were stuck and the space trip was erratic. So they pounded on the spacebar until it was all wonky. Pretty easy fixes except they wallered out the spacebar holes and this is a unique blue one. Some hot glue fixed this and provides a similar feel if someone needs to remove it in the future.
It is a sharp looking machine imo.
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