1971 Smith-Corona Office Electric 215

I picked this up at the thrift shop this summer.  I was eyeing it for a while, but what pushed me over the edge was my daughter's observation.  "You should get it."

It's such a delight.  The intentionality involved in using it, the mechanical-ness, the maintainability, fact that it still works as well as it did in 1971.  I just love it.  

There's more information on this model here.  Fortunately, there's a small but robust community of typewriter enthusiasts like Joe Van Cleave out there.  I should send a letter. 📨