1984 Royal (Messa) Safari #6942446
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 03-10-2025 at 04:48PM
Last Edit: 04-20-2026 at 05:40AM
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Description:
I am using the gallery sequence for the year, so not sure where this info comes from.
Messa getting worse. How bad was it? So bad Sears would no longer touch it and it was a second tier department store offering. Ads run from 78 to 85.
A Brother parts machine gave up some bits to get the ribbon drive going and to fix the tabulator. The feet are good and no grommets are used for the cover, so a couple of pluses.
Typeface Specimen:
Links:
- Gallery
- Main page with links to ABC.
- Brother Messa
- Sear Newport Messa
- Sears Malibu Messa
- Sears Chevron Messa
Photos:
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose. My goal is type tested machines. My interests are not isolated to any one area. For example, I am a big fan of Smith Corona electrics, mid century electrics and all things Royal.
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