thanks Pete E.!
I asked the question because I'm watching the series "Mad men", and in one episode, an employee steals a Selectric 1. I thought: is it realistic? Would they be so expensive that a person with a good job couldn't buy them? On the other hand, many other machines appear in the series, even in disuse, the character could have stolen another.

Paul1986 wrote:

Hey typewriterguru, thanks for responding.
Keeping my fingers crossed, I have just sent one to have to procedure done. Let's see how it plays out.

Hi Paul, what happened with your experiment. I had ever wondered: would it be possible to do it?
A Selectric 1 allows us to use cloth cartridges, and the selectric 2 allows us to change from pica to elite.
Combined the two you would have a machine that allows you to use cloth tape, change the font and size.
Could you make it?
Greetings from Argentina!