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- Pete E.
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Re: Royal Diana - opinions please.
Well...my experiment with a spare Facit case did not work out. The Diana Administrator's width was fine for the case, but the machine was about 1/4" too tall for the case lid to close.
My back-up plan...win the SGW auction for another Administrator with a factory case. Which I did.
Case will need some minor patches, touch-up paint, and rust-removal from some of the case hardware.
The 2nd. machine seems to be in good condition...needs a few things repaired and a deep cleaning. Will find a new home for this 2nd. machine once I sort it out.
More photos when the work is done.
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- Pete E.
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Re: Royal Diana - opinions please.
Case cleaning and repairs/touch-ups all done.
Case is now housing my 1958 machine. The newer 1959 machine awaits me on the work-bench.
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- mikeytap
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Re: Royal Diana - opinions please.
An interesting machine I was not familiar with. I've skipped Royals and Underwoods in my collecting but if that is German must be a nice machine.
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- Pete E.
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Re: Royal Diana - opinions please.
Hi Mike,
Even my 1963 Royal Century still has lots of German "Diana" mechanisms internally.
Royal took the Diana and added their Magic Margins.
With the Century, they pushed it into the Royal Futura body stylings.
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- Pete E.
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Re: Royal Diana - opinions please.
Sales advertisement from 1960 for a sale on Diana machines.
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- Pete E.
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Re: Royal Diana - opinions please.
Another style of a hard case for a Diana Administrator.
Noticed it is quite different from my case, but both have the same handles on them.
This case does not have the retaining-blocks, inside, as my case does. But does have a file/paper holder along the inside of the lid.
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