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1961 Torpedo 18b Serial # 1266958 1961 Torpedo 18b typewriter, Serial # 1266958 Greg Mattesen's 1961 Torpedo 18b typewriter. 2025-12-04 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Greg Mattesen: 1961 Torpedo 18b Serial # 1266958 Torpedo 18b I picked up in July 2022.

1961 Torpedo 18b #1266958

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-17-2025 at 02:53PM
Last Edit: 12-04-2025 at 09:30AM

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Torpedo 18b I picked up in July 2022.

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I lived with these collapsed feet for a few years before biting the bullet and getting new ones from eBay.
I lived with these collapsed feet for a few years before biting the bullet and getting new ones from eBay.

Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)

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I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.


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