1972 Royal (Silver-Seiko) Caravan #MRxxxx (not available)
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Ton Sison (TonS)
Created: 04-27-2013 at 02:46PM
Last Edit: 11-07-2021 at 04:21PM
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Description:
The lightweight Royal Caravan a.k.a. Royal Fleetwood has an interesting 1970s "faux bois" or wood grain typebars cover with a matching handsome case. Typing action is not bad for such a small machine, but there's a rather flimsy plastic feel to it. There's a Silver Seiko variant with a built-in radio. Made in Japan. This one eventually found its way to Cambridge Typewriter (Tom Furrier).
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Hunter: Ton Sison (TonS)
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In a parallel universe, I was once the Senior Vice-President of Design (Typewriter Division) at Ing. C. Olivetti & C.,S.p.A., Ivrea, Italy. In the real universe, I'm a Chicago-based casual collector and hunter of Olivetti typewriters, and related ephemera, publications, and film sightings.
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