Olivetti Lettera 22 typewriter...

[twocvbloke]

Now, I will say, I'm not into typewriters myself and don't know much about them, but this was one of those "have to buy it" things!!

It's an Olivetti Lettera 22, it's got keys, and it's got a roller thing for the paper, and it goes clickety clack when typing and then "ding" when it hits the end of the page...

(I did say I don't know much about them!!!)

It's a nice little thing though, came with two brand new ribbons (all-black though, not two-colour) and only cost a total of £9.99, and it seems to work, though it has an issue with repeating ghosted letters in the spaces between characters, after repeated typing out "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy" (with authentic spelling errors just like in the movie!!), I have no idea what causes that, but I'm sure someone knows why...

The other issue is that spacers between the plastic shell and the typewriter frame have disintegrated, so the case is loose (they disintegrated as I was trying it out, and I noticed bits of plastic falling out), so I'll have to try and replace those with some washers I guess..

Anyway, some pictures to enjoy:

[AE_Collector]

We had something similar to that at our tool crib that would be sent out to the field to set up a temporary office when we moved into a CO to start a line addition or conversion job.

Terry