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back after thirty years...still in love with Remington-Rand
When I was a kid in the early sixties, my parents had a Remington at their business that I was able to change the ribbons on, as well as type on with when no one was around. I later learned to clean and adjust typewriters and sewing machines in my spare time and I would scour yard sales and flea markets in my spare time, for them to clean, adjust and sell for a few bucks profit. After thirty years, I recently became interested in typewriters again, and I dug out a 1957 and 1958 Quiet-Riter as well as a few others. I suppose Remington-Rand is my favorite for a couple of reasons...not only am I a little familiar with their "innards", I also collect firearms and I have a Remington-Rand 1911 from 1944 as well as a couple of other bullet-proof typewriters...I love analog.
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Re: back after thirty years...still in love with Remington-Rand
Welcome to the forum ! I hope that you will have a great time here !
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Re: back after thirty years...still in love with Remington-Rand
Hi crowtalks,
Welcome to the Forum.
To entice you back into buying old machines...thought I would tease you with my 1958 Remington Rand Quiet-Riter.
I won it on the Shop Goodwill auction site for $ 42 USD and a bit more for shipping/handling.
It just needed a deep clean, bit of light oil, new silk ribbon, and a small adjustment to the upper/lower case alignment. And a few spots of paint touch-ups with some custom-mixing to get the colour match just right.
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Thanks for the replies. Here are my two working Quiet-Riters. The one I've had the longest is the green 1957, it has a couple of small scuffs, but is in good condition, though the platen is a tiny bit hard. The other one I stumbled across recently at Goodwill (maybe low $30s, best I remember). It is a 1958 with a smooth grey finish...it was "broken", as the advance lever wouldn't advance the paper...five minutes with some mineral spirits and working the mechanism fixed it. It is smooth and the platen seems fine...the bell even works sometimes (I seem to have the dangdest time with the bells on these).
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Pete E. wrote:
Hi crowtalks,
Welcome to the Forum.
To entice you back into buying old machines...thought I would tease you with my 1958 Remington Rand Quiet-Riter.
I won it on the Shop Goodwill auction site for $ 42 USD and a bit more for shipping/handling.
It just needed a deep clean, bit of light oil, new silk ribbon, and a small adjustment to the upper/lower case alignment. And a few spots of paint touch-ups with some custom-mixing to get the colour match just right.
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Nice looking machine!
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Re: back after thirty years...still in love with Remington-Rand
I only have two other Remington Rands in my collection.
My 1964 Torpedo 18S after Remington Rand had previously taken over the old German typewriter maker. Later in 1964, the old Germany factory was moved to Holland.
And my 1949 Remington Rand Deluxe 5. Which is quickly becoming one of my favourite machines in my collection.
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They are both very handsome machines!
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Re: back after thirty years...still in love with Remington-Rand
I remember the Torpedo 18s 'Brillant-Super' my father had. This was the last variant of the 18 series witch replaced the 18b and came with a cost reducing plastic cover.
Example (internet photo):
A nice and well build typewriter that was very popular during the 1960s and 70s in Germany.
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Re: back after thirty years...still in love with Remington-Rand
My 18s did not come with its original case.
Fortunately I had a spare case from an Underwood-Olivetti 21 that was a perfect fit for the Torpedo.
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