This paticular example has elite type and is a sand color with dark green keys.  I have no idea of production figures, but I, personally, have not seen another one in this color.  It appears to have been used very little.  The only restoration required was washing with water containing a couple of drops of dishwashing liquid, and the application of a couple of drops of oil to the carriage. Even the ribbon is in good shape.

This particular example was an eBay purchase – a whole dollar.  The case had been lost somewhere in its life, so it was shipped to me in a cardboard box with a little bubble wrap. The right hand platen knob shaft was bent, but a little judicious use of pliers fixed that.  It also lacked a spring that operates the space bar mechanism.  A trip to the hardware store found a spring that I was able to adapt.

With the installation of a new ribbon, this machine works perfectly.  As I said, it’s wrinkle paint finished and has pica type. Serial number H101569 makes it a 1947 model.

This is a Remington Deluxe Noiseless typewriter.  It’s supposed to be pre-war and essentially a Model 7 with a smaller paper table. It has the standard, wrinkled paint finish one would expect.

I say supposed to be because the serial number doesn’t match.  It should be ND followed by six-digits.  This one is N1170170. No “D” and too many digits. Maybe the D mis-struck and it’s ND170170 if so, it’s a 1940 model.

This one is a  pre-war Remington Noiseless portable made in 1937.  It’s a bit less fancy than the Model 7s, the paper tray is smaller and the carriage return/line fee is a folding, upright lever rather than the longer horizontal bar.

This example is the black lacquer finish and it has pica type.

I spent several days carefully inspecting the operating mechanism and being sure that everything else seemed to work.  Then I went to work with penetrating oil – PB Blaster that I use on my cars.  I put the typewriter outside on the porch and sprayed it thoroughly for two days.  After that treatment, I was able to move some of the typebars with my finger, but the 2, q, a, and z typebars were still firmly stuck.  After again giving it a through inspection, pushing the keys, pulling the typebars, and thoroughly understanding how the mechanism was supposed to work, I sprayed again at the points that looked stuck.

After another two days of soaking, the typebars were still stuck, so I resorted to force.  I grabbed the typebars with needle nosed pliers in about the center of the parts shown in the photo below.  I had to pull hard, but pulled them free.  I sprayed more penetrating oil into the slots that the typebars travel in, and worked them back and forth by hand. They eventually freed, and I was able to raise the typebars to the working position.

The lever on the right side raises and lowers the typebars.

I rolled a sheet of paper into the machine and tried it out.  Everything works beautifully – I’m amazed at how solid a machine this is.  It’s much more firm than the later small machines, and seems as though it will be practical to type on.  Other problems I notice are flattened rollers that will need to be replaced, and a lot of dirt.  I doubt that it will be possible to match the paint, so I’ll probably leave the chips as they are.

Update – The rollers were replaced with tubing from an automotive store.  The dirt inside was easily removed by spraying liberally with electric motor cleaner from the hardware store.

This is designated Model 1, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the original Remington Model 1. Usually, this one is referred to as “noisy noiseless” because of the design and, well, noise. To add to the confusion, there is a Remington Rand Model 1 that has the noisy-noiseless mechanism but is less streamlined.  And to keep things interesting, there is also a Remington Quiet Model 1.

The case looks like all the other similarly aged pre-war cases I’ve seen.

This example has glossy black paint and pica type.  Serial number PD152845 making it a 1939 model.  I found it in a flea market outside Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1990.