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1974 Sears Manual 1 Serial # 40749824 1974 Sears Manual 1 typewriter, Serial # 40749824 James Grooms's 1974 Sears Manual 1 typewriter. 2025-03-14 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1974 Sears Manual 1 Serial # 40749824 Another one of the 70s era plastic machines. It is remarkable that any in this configuration and brittle plastic survive. One drop from any reasonable height would be the end. All the top cover tabs would snap if it were to land on a corner. The case on this one has cracks in three corners. Mechanism is a solid budget Nakajima. Sears model number 161.52610.

At some point an effort was made to clean this one while assembled and some chemical damage was the result. The inside of the lower panel is stained and the Sears lable took a hit. Getting it apart is a bit nerve racking. See my epoxy reinforcement to the cover with strips cut from a deli container. This one is, unfortunately, missing the ribbon spool covers. The white bits could use some Clairol, but it is too windy today to keep the container from blowing away.

1974 Sears Manual 1 #40749824

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 03-01-2025 at 09:03AM
Last Edit: 03-14-2025 at 08:50AM

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Another one of the 70s era plastic machines. It is remarkable that any in this configuration and brittle plastic survive. One drop from any reasonable height would be the end. All the top cover tabs would snap if it were to land on a corner. The case on this one has cracks in three corners. Mechanism is a solid budget Nakajima. Sears model number 161.52610.

At some point an effort was made to clean this one while assembled and some chemical damage was the result. The inside of the lower panel is stained and the Sears lable took a hit. Getting it apart is a bit nerve racking. See my epoxy reinforcement to the cover with strips cut from a deli container. This one is, unfortunately, missing the ribbon spool covers. The white bits could use some Clairol, but it is too windy today to keep the container from blowing away.

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