197X ABC (Messa) Quick #3806473
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Jonas Lauritsen (legofanatikeren)
Created: 10-14-2025 at 01:13AM
Last Edit: 10-14-2025 at 01:20AM
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Description:
A machine I saw at a thrift store for less than 15 USD, and was curious enough to record it, but not interested enough to own it.
This is branded as a "QUICK" typewriter made in Pakistan, and as it turns out, to the best of my knowledge (with lots of help from the community!) this is a rebrand of the ABC/Messa 2000 machine - apparently one of many brands that Pakistan made for that ABC machine, after they acquired the license to manufacture them - another well-known one is INDUS.
Danish keyboard layout, with a characteristic red TAB button on the right, and one single dial knob on the right as well. Note the characteristic backspace arrow, as well as the margin release arrows.
There was a cover case underneath the machine as well. At least one of the spools was a later replacement spool.
As far as I can tell, its closest documented cousin can be seen here:
https://typewriterdatabase.com/197x-abc-messa-2000.17378.typewriter.
The dating is also attributed to that machine, per my best guess.
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Hunter: Jonas Lauritsen (legofanatikeren)
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Casual collector of replica flintlock pistols, and in that same vein, picked up a couple of typewriters through the years - as a mechanical engineer, I could not resist.
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