Its serial number is 768990, and it is made in Italy. I brought it home and examined it on the back patio. I told the seller that I would try to get it typing again and if nothing else it would become a good parts machine for other typospherians. ![]() It careened to the left and didn’t “catch” when using the carriage release or typing. There was no case and the inside was rusty and there were clumps of oxidated something (or bird poop?) in the mechanics. ![]() ![]() It is said that it is good luck to be pooped on by a bird, but this just seems like willful disrespect by a bunch of a pigeons. The back is covered in what looks like bird poop. This Underwood Olivetti Lettera looks like it’s been camping for the past decade. opened her car’s trunk and here’s what I found: We wandered out to her car where the Lettera was located and were accosted by deer. She journals in the morning on a Smith-Corona electric. has recently started collecting typewriters and she showed me around her collection which included an Underwood 5, a Royal FP, an Olympia SM3, and several others. I found the Craigslist seller delightful. ![]() I also carefully read through Ted Munk’s post Off the workbench: 1959 Olivetti Lettera 22 and all its comments to familiarize myself with what might be wrong with the Lettera that I was picking up.Īs I drove over to pick up the typewriter from the Craigslist seller, I heard a favorite piece of chocolate cake rock on the radio and took that as a good omen:
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