We could all use a few bright colors and typewriter joy around now, couldn't we?
So here are some pretty pictures of my Neckermann Brillant S, which I took out yesterday and polished up. I also made sure that all its parts were as good as they could be, by harvesting a few pieces from my Brillant S parts machine.
Back story: Back in 2013, Robert Messenger posted some pictures of this very same Brillant. I fell in love with it and promptly found one on German eBay — which arrived in pieces due to the seller's foolishness. Being the generous man that he is, when Robert visited me in October of that year, he brought his Brillant as a gift. Thank you again, Robert!
The typewriter itself is an ABC portable (also known in the US as Cole-Steel), with a redesigned, plastic body. It was made in West Germany and sold by the Neckermann department store.
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So here are some pretty pictures of my Neckermann Brillant S, which I took out yesterday and polished up. I also made sure that all its parts were as good as they could be, by harvesting a few pieces from my Brillant S parts machine.
Back story: Back in 2013, Robert Messenger posted some pictures of this very same Brillant. I fell in love with it and promptly found one on German eBay — which arrived in pieces due to the seller's foolishness. Being the generous man that he is, when Robert visited me in October of that year, he brought his Brillant as a gift. Thank you again, Robert!
The typewriter itself is an ABC portable (also known in the US as Cole-Steel), with a redesigned, plastic body. It was made in West Germany and sold by the Neckermann department store.
