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WTB: Triumph Special (from The 1960's).
Looking to buy a nice-conditioned and working Triumph Special typewriter from the 1960's. With QWERTY layout, only.
These machines were half-way in size between the Triumph Perfekt (portable) and the full-sized Triumph Matura (standard).
I am located in Idaho - USA. Willing to pay shipping to bring one home.
Photo, below, is borrowed from a gallery on the YWDB web site :
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- robmck
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Re: WTB: Triumph Special (from The 1960's).
Is this similar to the Adler Special od '53-'64?
https://typewriterdatabase.com/Adler.Special.26.bmys
(I was eyeing the Adler Universal on SGW yesterday, so the Adler were on my mind)
- Laurenz van Gaalen
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Re: WTB: Triumph Special (from The 1960's).
robmck wrote:
Is this similar to the Adler Special od '53-'64?
Yes, the Triumph is a rebranded Adler machine. The Adler version seems to be much more common, both on the TWDB as on the second hand marked (in the Netherlands). I have also seen machines that look exactly the same as the Special, but carry the name Record.
- Pete E.
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Re: WTB: Triumph Special (from The 1960's).
Rob, the "Universal" and the "Matura" machines are the bigger, full-sized standards with easy to remove carriage, etc.
The "Special" might be similar in size to my AMC (Alpina) portable which is a really big p[ortable and heavy at nearly 18 lbs. I think the "Special" weighs in at 20 lbs. or so.
The "Special" carriage does not pop off with pushing 2 lever or buttons as on the big standards...more work to remove it,
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Thread Starter- Pete E.
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Re: WTB: Triumph Special (from The 1960's).
I am interested in locating a Triumph-version of the "Special" as it would keep my smaller Triumph machines from the 1960's company...
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Thread Starter- robmck
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Re: WTB: Triumph Special (from The 1960's).
Laurenz: Thanks! That helps clear things up.
Pete: Those will make a great matched set! I'm often tempted to create such sets (inspired in part by Uwe's Remington's Typewriter Talk » Remington Quiet-Riter....In-Coming... (boardhost.com)), but space is becoming increasingly an issue.
