I just opened the body of my Skyriter and learnt that my machine is from 1954! I don't know why but it's making me feel emotional to hold something old like this knowing that I'm taking the care and time it requires to bring it back to its former glory. I still need to get the products I need to clean it but I was excited to open it and discover its serial number.
This is where it's at for the moment. As you can see, it's dirty, and at first some of its typebars were badly crooked (especially the ?/ that was laying sideways on top of others) but I managed to set them straight again just with my fingers yesterday so now all the letters are sitting at a proper place except for two of them sticking a bit on the landing. It's going to require more tests later on when it has a ribbon to type with to make sure the letters are properly aligned, but this is going to be the last bits I'm going to be working on.
So excited!
