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Pretty clean. Skinny rubber. Early Model 5: twdb says 5A 756 is 1957-ish. You might expect a 99p Imperial Good Companion Model 5 to be t...

The cobbler in town wouldn't sell me any rubber soles to whittle new feet for my down at heel Remington Rand Model 1. Said he didn'...

Nothing much worked at removing the hardened key cushion material, and I had some paint stripper left and... well, you know how it is. The ...

I thought I should take a few reference pictures to remind me how this thing goes back together. Under a layer of brown crud, I found the f...

Anyone nervous about taking the cover off a Remington Rand Model 1? I was, until I lifted the top plate (the four bushes crumbled to dust at...

This photo makes it look much better than it is! The paper table is rust-lined, the tab rubber's mush, the feet are semi-liquid and th...