ANSWER: It's a 1961 Royal FP in Yellow with a 16" wide carriage and an elite typeface.

Most got that it was at least a Royal (Magic Margins on the left hands side and the placement of the touch control helped here).

Some incorrectly gauged the size as a portable, but it's definitely a standard (here, the dead give-away was the massive frame and maybe secondarily the ice cream scoop of a return lever, and the ability to see through the machine to the table with the missing right side panel.)

The body color generally marks it as not a KMG or HH which typically would have been either brown or darker gray crinkle paint. Subtleties in the return lever and the right side of the carriage for removing the platen suggest FP as does the "cross" above the keyboard which is the mechanism that allows pushing the Royal emblem on the body panel to open the hood.

No one caught that the right "Magic Margins" lever had been shorn off. (Anyone have a parts machine for this part?)

I've almost finished cleaning, oiling, and adjusting it. Should be done with it and ready to pull it into regular rotation before the weekend is out. I'm debating switching out the rubber though the feet are in pretty solid condition, and the platen could stand to be recovered.

Closest: u/Jonny_Swanny with make/model/typesize (missed the carriage length by 3" and the year by 4 years)

Runners up: u/Affectionate-Dog8414 (only a year off on the date) u/slowclapcitizenkane u/Accomplished-Ice1682

Honorable mentions: u/LogInternational2253 u/SnooDingos2237 u/miguelgonzal

Nice try: u/Ancient-String-9658 u/Remarkable_Dust_1464 u/flarguss

Thanks for playing and better luck next time: u/andrebartels1977

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