1977 Adler Meteor #20211767
Status: Sightings
Hunter: BenJoe Markland (BenJoeM)
Created: 11-12-2026 at 11:26PM
Last Edit: 11-12-2026 at 11:27PM
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Description:
1977 Adler Meteor electric portable in orange with a black base, the same machine as the Triumph-Adler Gabriele 2000. Pica, 10 CPI. Dated against Meteor 20201310, logged here as 1977. A client job, finished in October 2026 and handed back at a type-in in Salt Lake City.
The owner's machine had been badly dropped: the carriage return and the space bar would not work. This was a very challenging machine, and it ended as a composite of three Meteors. The machine that went home is this body, serial 20211767, with the escapement from a second donor and the owner's original narrow carriage fitted to it. The carriage plate had to be relieved and the roller cages swapped to seat that carriage. The return fault came down to the carriage not seating on this body and an escapement wheel size that differs between Meteor versions. The typeface is the same as the owner's original.
Final evaluation: B+, working. It lists a new mainspring, escapement, handles, and return spring and cable. Known quirks, told to the owner: X and L stick at times, and W double strikes now and then depending on touch.
Restored by Slow Letter Co., Syracuse, Utah. https://slowletterco.com
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