1971 Montgomery Ward Signature 510D #A1175863

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 02-12-2024 at 05:11AM
Last Edit: 10-07-2024 at 06:39PM

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Post UV updating and I am reminded of how close this one is to being a great typewriter. The controls a fantastic. The build quality is as well. However, the action is just not up to the rest of the machine.
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More Super Bowl hunting! A nice machine with the draw string undone. You know what that means? She and her case will clean up nice. Time to try out the retro brite thing with the 20V conditioner. It was a JC Penny and Montgomery Ward weekend. Sears?

Quick service and a bit of detailing. No wear to speak of. It types about like it's ultra siblings, heavy, which is excepted from them. And add slow to the mix, which the ultras are not and it is a bit of disappointment. Add in a segment shift that is heavier than some carriage shift models and oh hum...

There's a lot of SCM in the mechanism. The carriage action and space bar is light and fast. The tab brake is something else. As almost all these do, the keys and switches go yellow. Holiday case is nice. Is it a Samsonite as well? Too bad they couldn't get that Smith Corona key to slug feel. Maybe there is something amiss on this one?

Pica model.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Manual- who needs a manual?
• 1972 Catalog -types a straight line is a seller.
• Earlier version.
• Excellent resource!
• 44oT the middle Brother

Photos:

Foil tray to hold them in place while using a detail swab to apply. The foil should also reflect the uv.

Cooking on a foil base for about six hours while rotating around for the low sun angle.

The keys were worse than the space bar. After.

Hunt 'n peck. Boy they nailed that one. So when someone tells you these things are comparable to some fast high enders, forget it. There was a reason a Hermes 3000 retailed for twice this.

Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)

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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandparents had a No 5. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! A casual interest in typewriters started with a garage sale 3 bank simply because it said Underwood on it. Typewriters were found here and there , but I wasn't actively looking for them. The long dormant collecting tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved.

Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose. My goal is type tested machines. My interests are not isolated to anyone area. For example, I am a big fan of Smith Corona electrics, mid century electrics and all things Royal.