C SMITH WAS ALSO A VERY GOOD PRECISION GUN MAKING COMPANY. VERY MINOR CHIPPING TO THIS TYPEWRITER. MAINLY TO JUST WHERE IT HOOKS IN TO THE ORIGINAL CASE. ALL KEYS SEEM TO WORK AND STILL HAS RIBBON WITH THE RIBBON COVERS THAT ARE ALMOST ALWAYS MISSING PER MY RESEARCH.
I DON KNOW MUCH ABOUT TYPEWRITERS AS I FLUNKED OUT OF TYPING IN HIGH SCHOOL. YES I'M THAT OLD..
I ONLY CLEANED UP THE RED PARTS AS IT WAS QUITE DUSTY. I WOULD THINK IT NEEDS A GOOD CLEANING AND MAYBE ADJUSTMENT OR OILING.I BOUGHT IT AT ESTATE SALE SO WHAT OR IF THEY DID ANYTHING IS BEYOND ME. THE CARRIAGE MOVES WITH THE SPACE BAR AND DINGS WHEN YOU HIT THE END OF MARGIN. ONLY THING I HAD TROUBLE WITH WAS ADVANCING THE PAPER WITH THE ROLLERS. ROLLERS TURN BUT THE PAPER DOES NOT. MUST JUST MEAN SOMETHING IS DIRTY OR MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
THE ORIGINAL CASE IS EVEN IN GOOD CONDITION. JUST NEED TO GLUE THE COVER DOWN ON EDGES AND IT WOULD BE FINE. THERE WAS NO KEY BUT LATCH DOES WORK AND THE INSIDE BRACKETS HOLD THE TYPEWRITER SECURELY. PLEASE SEE ALL PICTURES AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM BUT WILL GIVE IT A TRY. BY NO MEANS DO I TYPE. TOOK ME 10 MINS TO TYPE THIS.HERE TO SELL BUT NOT GIVE AWAY. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Pens & Writing Instruments\Typewriters". The seller is "bid50" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Gambia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Poland, Oman, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Senegal, Togo, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Netherlands, Iraq, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Aruba, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Benin, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Italy, Swaziland, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, China, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Portugal, Malta, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Cyprus, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Australia, Austria, Sri Lanka, Gabon Republic, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kiribati, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Haiti, Greenland, Yemen, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Bahamas, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Western Samoa, France, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Guyana, Azerbaijan Republic, Macau, Georgia, Tonga, San Marino, Eritrea, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Western Sahara, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Laos, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Moldova, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Lebanon, Liberia, Bolivia, Maldives, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Guinea, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Andorra, Romania, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Uganda, Brazil, Turkey, Tuvalu, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, Niue, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.