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1983 Brother Correct-O-Ball XL Serial # B311039 1983 Brother Correct-O-Ball XL typewriter, Serial # B311039 James Grooms's 1983 Brother Correct-O-Ball XL typewriter. 2025-12-11 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1983 Brother Correct-O-Ball XL Serial # B311039 Model 7300. A clean machine that had a bent shift bar and a spring missing on the key trip. Easy fixed, some NOS ribbon and away we go. These are super interesting machines. I'd like to know exactly what the issues were with them. By the number you find in the wild and online, they were big sellers.

1983 Brother Correct-O-Ball XL #B311039

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 12-10-2025 at 03:39PM
Last Edit: 12-11-2025 at 07:12AM


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Model 7300. A clean machine that had a bent shift bar and a spring missing on the key trip. Easy fixed, some NOS ribbon and away we go. These are super interesting machines. I'd like to know exactly what the issues were with them. By the number you find in the wild and online, they were big sellers.

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