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1977 Smith Corona Super G Serial # 7YP 78892 1977 Smith Corona Super G typewriter, Serial # 7YP 78892 Matt Watkins's 1977 Smith Corona Super G typewriter. 2024-10-20 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Matt Watkins: 1977 Smith Corona Super G Serial # 7YP 78892 Picked up as a lot of 16, I carried this one special to the car with the not-an-indestructable-holiday-but-very-stylish case. A bit unsure of the year from database, but putting in 1977 as other serial numbers seem to bracket mine.

1977 Smith Corona Super G #7YP 78892

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
Created: 03-25-2024 at 01:48PM
Last Edit: 10-20-2024 at 03:45PM


Description:

Picked up as a lot of 16, I carried this one special to the car with the not-an-indestructable-holiday-but-very-stylish case. A bit unsure of the year from database, but putting in 1977 as other serial numbers seem to bracket mine.

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The "Ghia" case is certainly stylish.
The "Ghia" case is certainly stylish.

A zoom of the "Ghia" logo.
A zoom of the "Ghia" logo.

Serial number is under the right side carriage just behind the type basket.
Serial number is under the right side carriage just behind the type basket.

Three-quarter view
Three-quarter view

Rear view
Rear view

Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)

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First hunt and pecked on a 60's Smith Corona Sterling my mother had and Took typing class in 1982 on an IBM Selectric as a means to get into the computer class my sophomore year. Probably reached 60wpm. Once I moved over to computers I never really went back to typewriters, but 40 years later I find myself enjoying the sound, feel, and smell of a now-vintage Selectric 2 and just picked up a 1955 Silent Super. We'll see how far down the rabbit hole I go....

Update: July 2024. I have 26 typewriters at this point including an identical Selectric I used in high school. The collection kick started in April when I bought 16 in one purchase from a collector on his way out of the hobby. I've also had the good fortune of helping my local air museum find several period-correct WWII typewriters and even gave away a pristine 50's Smith Corona Silent Super to a 19 year old that was enamored typewriters.



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