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| Imperial The Good Companion. s/n EN839, 1948 By Appointment to His Majesty King George the Fifth. This, and the following four images are at the same scale. Click any to supersize to 1000 pixels |
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| Imperial Good Companion 4. s/n 4BS401T, 1958 |
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| Imperial Good Companion 5. s/n 5A756, 1957 |
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| Imperial Good Companion 5. s/n 5G990, 1958 |
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| The Good Companion, return lever |
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| Good Companion 4, return lever |
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| Good Companion 5 serial number. Earlier model had the number on the bottom of the molding, later ones are numbered under the top cover |
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| Ribbon selector is different between earlier and later models |
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| Older and newer line-space ratchet pawls. What is the later arrow pointing to? Possible platen re-covery? The ratchet on the later model doesn't work consistently when it doesn't engage with the cog. This might be because it fouls the platen rubber. |
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| Under the hood of the Good Companion 4 |
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| Under the hood of the Good Companion 5 |
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| What lies beneath. A Good Companion 4's nether regions exposed |
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| ...and the Good Companion 5's revolutionary though more delicate undercarriage Read my spoof manual for the Good Companion 5 |
