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18324
I have just found Everest typewriter and I want to know how old it is. It is a portable, made in italy, at the front it says Mod.90 At the front there is also...
missjoeri
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Apr 1, 2003
12:58 pm
18325
... is. ... the ... Hi Joeri, It would help if you can quote the serial number. Beeching's book lists serial numbers for Everest portables from 1937 to 1952...
Peter Wallage
leighamvale44
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Apr 1, 2003
3:04 pm
18326
Where is it hidden? The serial number is in a strange place...i cannot find it :( joeri ... From: Peter Wallage To: TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
Miss Joeri
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Apr 1, 2003
3:06 pm
18327
... Conn. made ... shaped ... other ... the ... it is set ... they are ... the key ... These tools look very useful for renewing cracked glass or stained ...
Peter Wallage
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Apr 1, 2003
3:24 pm
18328
... Sorry, Joeri, I don't know where it is. Can anyone else help? Peter...
Peter Wallage
leighamvale44
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Apr 1, 2003
4:08 pm
18329
Hi Peter, I assume they were meant to be used with press fit rings. There is a thin shelf the thickness of the ring. I would think it difficult to machine this...
Jim SureWest
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Apr 1, 2003
4:12 pm
18330
Hi there! Try looking to the right of the keyboard, near the tab stop set/clear lever (if it has one.) My K2 and K2c have it there, running vertically. A...
Will Davis
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Apr 1, 2003
4:28 pm
18331
Hello all, I just reliesed I forgot to upload a graphic for my Oliver Pages. It is there now. http://homepage.mac.com/sljohnson/typewriter/oliver.html No new...
Shannon Johnson
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Apr 1, 2003
5:39 pm
18332
... Hi Joeri - I have these two: Everest K2c 1958 576383 man port R 11/44.5 Everest K2 1959 598687 man port...
Cuyler Brooks
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Apr 1, 2003
6:11 pm
18333
On both of mine the serial number is on the plate behind the keys, at the far right-hand end of the keyboard, running down....
Cuyler Brooks
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Apr 1, 2003
7:07 pm
18334
Bingo!! I found it, the serial no. is; 162842 Can anyone now date it for me? Or is there a website? joeri ... From: Cuyler Brooks To:...
Miss Joeri
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Apr 1, 2003
7:16 pm
18335
... appear to my browser (Netscape 4.8) in such tiny print that to read them I had to copy/paste them to WordPad....
Cuyler Brooks
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Apr 1, 2003
7:51 pm
18336
Beeching's book CENTURY OF THE TYPEWRITER says that the Everest Model 90 portable with that number was made in 1949....
Cuyler Brooks
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Apr 1, 2003
8:31 pm
18337
In that case I will be selling it, thank you for helping me out! If anyone is interested in this typewriter in original case let me know. joeri ... From:...
Miss Joeri
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Apr 1, 2003
8:34 pm
18338
Of my two from the 50s, the older has a rounded case of painted tinplate, while the newer has a flat-top case of fabric-covered wood. What sort of case does...
Cuyler Brooks
beroaldus2001
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Apr 1, 2003
8:41 pm
18339
It has a wooden flattop rounded corners fabric covered top. No manual. Very good quality. Yes I am in the Netherlands, sending to US may cost 40 euros, even...
Miss Joeri
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Apr 1, 2003
9:14 pm
18340
Joeri, Look at the steel plate at the back of the keyboard/ right hand side. You should see a serial number. It is located directly behind and to the right of...
Nicholas Fisher
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Apr 1, 2003
10:07 pm
18341
Cuyler, I replied after you.....dumb ass that I am! Rather good machines are they not? Nick. ... From: "Cuyler Brooks" <nedbrooks@...> To:...
Nicholas Fisher
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Apr 1, 2003
10:10 pm
18342
BOTH of ya replied after ME! (Heh-heh!) Seriously, though, I've always thought of the EVEREST as a "good quality" machine... ie not tops in any one category,...
Will Davis
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Apr 2, 2003
2:24 am
18343
Dear Cuyler Brooks: Can you tell me how I can get off this mailing list? I was looking for a part for my Royal Beta 8000 (which I cannot locate), and all of a...
William J. Cunningham
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Apr 2, 2003
3:44 am
18344
Interesting, I would have guessed that yours, which is ten years older than my two, would have had the metal case. Maybe it's just because the metal case I...
Cuyler Brooks
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Apr 2, 2003
4:57 am
18345
Always good to have a check, and there are probably people on the list who know things Beeching didn't. The Everest seems to be a well-made machine, but ugly....
Cuyler Brooks
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Apr 2, 2003
4:57 am
18346
Hi William - Yes, most of the interest here is in pre-electric, much less electronic. There are two ways to get off - you can go to the yahoogroup site and...
Cuyler Brooks
beroaldus2001
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Apr 2, 2003
6:13 am
18347
I send lots of stuff to the US, although not as heavy as this. Where is this UPS calculator, it may be cheaper then using ordinairy Dutch Postal. joeri ... ...
Miss Joeri
missjoeri
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Apr 2, 2003
9:25 am
18348
Joeri, You never want to use UPS. Way too expensive. The only thing that gets close to regular dutch mail rates is usmail. Their international rate calculator ...
Paul Robert/www.typew...
probert1955
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Apr 2, 2003
9:33 am
18349
Cheers, thank you very much! Interested in my typewriter? I sell it for cheap...I want to get rid of it as I only collect prewar things for my retro lifestyle;...
Miss Joeri
missjoeri
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Apr 2, 2003
9:39 am
18350
Yes, you would have to compare the two services. I like UPS because I can pay by card online and print my own shipping label and then drop the package off...
Cuyler Brooks
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Apr 2, 2003
7:04 pm
18351
Fascinating site! Do you know Greg Pickersgill in England who collects helmets? I was born in 1938 so my memory of pre-WWII is dim. A lot of my collections of...
Cuyler Brooks
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Apr 2, 2003
7:19 pm
18352
list friends, is(n't) the fox 1 portable supposed to have a paper table *FOX* decal as well as a decal on the lower front rail under the space bar? those that...
blick1902
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Apr 3, 2003
9:58 pm
18353
Hi Peter, It has been a week or two, but I am finally getting around to acknowledging receipt of the Hammon manual I ordered. It arrived safely; thanks! Gary ...
Gary Bothe
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Apr 3, 2003
10:46 pm
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