Serial Number: 5A 458864
Pica No. 1 typeface; 6 lines/vertical inch
American No. 20A keyboard
Fifteen minutes of tinkering and this machine is imminently usable. It’ll take about a half day to clean up properly, but this is well on its way to its former glory. I should be able to turn this $25 find into a proper $350 work-a-day typewriter.
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Typewriter Resources Some of my favorite typewriter information and resources sites: Typewriter Database Print Repair Manuals Digital [.pdf] Repair Manuals Richard Polt’s Classic Typewriter site…
The good part of 50 mile per hour sustained winds in Southern California today is that I don’t need to break out the compressed air to blow it out. ️
@boffosocko.com nice find!
@chrisaldrich $25 !? What a steal. This is on my list of wants with a QDL. Right now I have a Corona Classic 12, Brother AX-18, and the first I ever got, a Royal Epoch that has a broken gear. Its been a while since I've written on one.
I have been seeing some of these go in the $75-200 range lately based only on pictures!!! I’m hoping that in the post-gift giving season prices will come down quite a bit to the $25-50 they were about 6 months ago.
I regularly see QDLs and Epochs on ShopGoodwill.com for $10-30. Which QDL era are you looking for? I’ve got a ’39 (technically an Aristocrat), ’48, ’49, ’52, and a ’55. Love ’em all…
Nice! Hope you’re not near the fire!
Nite machine.
@chrisaldrich One like that is one of the earliest typewriters in my collection. I bought it 10-20 years before I started collecting in earnest.
Beautiful!