Hi Uwe,

I was inspired to look for one after reading the article by Will Davis on his blog site...where he mentions many Consuls surface for sale in Ohio State with the Czech immigration population in the past.  And their influence on good food, too.

https://davistypewriters.blogspot.com/2018/03/consuls-continue.html

And sure enough, mine is coming from Ohio State...

I have been very impressed with the Consul when I have had them from customers to repair.  If I had a typewriter shop in the 1960's, I would have sought out an agency for these machines as a cheaper second line to sell alongside Olympia and Adler.

Hi Pete

As Tom says, these are indeed very well built and sturdy machines. I had a 1511 re-branded as a Speedwriter. My only real issue with these machines is the hard jarring stop at the end of each key stroke. My 57 year old hands were worn out after typing about 3 pages. I sold the unit through my Etsy store to a teenager in New York State who just loves the machine. Please let me know how your unit feels for typing once you've given it your usual cleaning and servicing. All the best,

Sky

skywatcher wrote:

... a 1511 re-branded as a Speedwriter.

The Speedwriter was a Commodore model sold through Simpson-Sears. Early examples lacked the Commodore brand labels, but they were added later on. Of course, Commodore labels are notorious for falling off...

As a Commodore model it's likely that it was actually assembled in Toronto as opposed to being a private label model shipped from Zeta. This can be pertinent when comparing type action, etc., between a "Speedwriter" and a Consul given two different factories could have been involved in the creation of those machines.