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1972 Ericsson (Facit) 1620 Serial # 858828 1972 Ericsson (Facit) 1620 typewriter, Serial # 858828 Kewin Sanfridsson's 1972 Ericsson (Facit) 1620 typewriter. 2023-10-07 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Kewin Sanfridsson: 1972 Ericsson (Facit) 1620 Serial # 858828 Here we got typewriter two out of three I acquired a few days ago finally up and running again. It's basically a Facit 1620/Privat except it has a Ericsson badge on the front which is kind a cool, and make sense if you research the history of Facit a bit. I did actually find it very fascinating.

It was kind of dirty but nothing I could't handle. I only hade a problem with the left ribbon spool/take up reel but after some disassembly and cleaning with a pipe cleaner in literally spun around! It was also a spring missing on the carriage lock which I added and now there are no problems with it anymore. The case is kind a worn but it still do its job as a case very well. Oh did I mention it have been to USA? Yeah the old flight tag was still attached on the handle from the old owner I presume, as I got it at a thrift store.

1972 Ericsson (Facit) 1620 #858828

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Kewin Sanfridsson (JoxSoup)
Created: 10-07-2023 at 11:51AM
Last Edit: 10-07-2023 at 12:49PM


Description:

Here we got typewriter two out of three I acquired a few days ago finally up and running again. It's basically a Facit 1620/Privat except it has a Ericsson badge on the front which is kind a cool, and make sense if you research the history of Facit a bit. I did actually find it very fascinating.

It was kind of dirty but nothing I could't handle. I only hade a problem with the left ribbon spool/take up reel but after some disassembly and cleaning with a pipe cleaner in literally spun around! It was also a spring missing on the carriage lock which I added and now there are no problems with it anymore. The case is kind a worn but it still do its job as a case very well. Oh did I mention it have been to USA? Yeah the old flight tag was still attached on the handle from the old owner I presume, as I got it at a thrift store.

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Photos:

Picture of the front with the Ericsson badge on the ribbon hood.
Picture of the front with the Ericsson badge on the ribbon hood.


Picture of the backside with Facit Sweden badge/marking?
Picture of the backside with Facit Sweden badge/marking?






Hunter: Kewin Sanfridsson (JoxSoup)

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Hi my name is Kewin and I'm a 24 years old from Sweden. I have a few hobbies like drawing and playing guitar but I do also like myself some project here and there which is where my interest in typewriters fits in. I have always collected things through my life but I did not expect typewriters to be my next big passion in collecting. I started collecting typewriters in the beginning of 2022 and so far I have 80* of them (3 of which is currently disassembled) . I find it really enjoyable to pickup a typewriter at a thrift store/second hand and starting to clean it up and get it to a working condition to the best of my ability and knowledge. (Excuse all the dog hairs in my pictures, I do actually try to remove the hair before taking the pictures. xD) Cheers!



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