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I need to restore and clean an antique typewriter?

I bought a beautiful Remington Rand Streamliner. I need to clean it up, give it some touch-up paint, unstick one of the keys, and (if possible) buy an ink ribbon for it. Can anyone help me?

Thanks a bunch

PS: Matt, if you are reading this, you louse, you’ve ruined your Christmas surprise!

Here’s a wonderful site to check out with lots of repair how-tos.

http://staff.xu.edu/~polt/typewriters/index.html

There are also typewriter groups here on Yahoo. Here’s a couple of links.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theportabletypewriterforum/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TYPEWRITERS/

Good luck – sounds like fun!

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