Doesn't look too promising, does it? Not exactly a teenage wedding!
When I included this Royal portable in a photo of the 'booty' of 25 typewriters that lobbed at my front gate some weeks ago, a few followers commented that it looked interesting. I didn't like to disillusion them. I didn't hold out much hope for it. And I told John Lavery as much. "You never know," consoled John. "It might polish up OK."
But now ...
It goes to show you never can tell:
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle.
(Well, they were both made in Montreal)
They bought a beat-up jitney, 'twas a creamy brown '53.
(What the hell is a jitney?)
Gee, there's nothing like warming the hands, and heart, and lifting the spirits on a dark, damp, freezing day - by tidying up some on old typewriters. It's either that or going around the twist:
7 comments:
Sweet! The paint has a very nice, mellow, blended look.
I love when the time and work you put in pays off and the results exceed expectations likely originally grim. She looks beautiful!
I agree. Even if there's major trauma you just can't resolve, if you clean the details, dust the springs and put a shine on the key tops it makes the world of difference.
An inspiration, Robert.
By gee I'm a fan of those Royals! Very nice elbow grease to success story right there.
On the group photo of the 25 it looked good. Cleaned up close it really is a spectacular machine!
(And they even made this color in the deluxe version as well. Really beautiful machines.)
Oh, and that case is a candidate for getting re-covered in new leatherette (dark brown?) if ever there was one :-)
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