Sorry to hijack this post. I'm also a fan of the Electra, and have three of them. Two 120's and one 110 (the best typer of the three). My question is, are there any Electras with a 1 1/2 line spacing? All of mine have either 1, 2 or 3.

Answering an old post. Sorry it took so long.
What happened was I was talked out of it by my tech, who was very patient in explaining why this would be a fool's errand. What he did do, however, was adapt a carbon ribbon Selectric 1 using the carriage of a carbon ribbon machine, and I am as happy as can be. You see, the whole point for me was to keep the "playability" of the Selectric, but with cheaper ribbons. Carbon film ribbons have become way too expensive around here, and I use typewriters for drafting, it didn't make sense to spend all that money on ribbons.

Hello everyone
Is it possible to "transplant" the carriage of a selectric 1 onto a selectric 3?

Thank you for posting that. What can you say about the typing experience? Are there major differences in touch and response?

Thanks for responding, Uwe. I do like standards, and much prefer them over my portables. I have a Selectric and two Smith Corona Electras, but I have never typed on a big type bar electric standard, and I wanted to hear from those with experience on them.