At the age of 25, Greg Fudacz of Wethersfield went to a tag sale and bought his very first vintage ROYAL typewriter for $5 dollars. That was 14 years ago.
how refreshing - a segment from a news channel where the interviewee gets to talk without being rushed for time or interrupted by some uninterested reporter. loved this!
Excellent interview. You let Greg answer your questions fully.... without rushing him along. So rare..... and so refreshing. Thank you. I love vintage typewriters and I own 4 of them.... A 1926 Royal, a 1946 Smith-Corona, a 1948 Royal and a 1976 Adler .........
@@dragunbwoi shut up i never mentioned the word girlfreind once in my setence i said freind.i don't need jesus cause i can read/ you can't read you need jesus. i've seen your YT you should be booking trips to the optician to get a new pair of glasses not booking trips to thailand.
This is great. Accidentally bought Adler no.7 at flea market two days ago, wanted to sell it, started researching about them and got interested in typewriters, what the hell :D
I have an Adler Favorit 2 from the 1930s and I've only payed 20€ for it 😍 I own an Olympia SM2 and a Trumph-Adler Contessa 2 (the one I got my hands on at age 13) - but my favourite to write is my beloved Rheinmetall from the 50s or 60s. I'm 28 and grew up with computers but typewriters have a special kind of magic. Also, people throw these beautys out for nothing; I payed 0-20€ for each of them and I would buy more if I had a house and not an appartment in the city 😂
I have yet to see one used for typing stencils, they had a longer carrage. I just love them, when the grandkids come to visit they love the typewriter. !Indestructible!
Nice interview. Greg is a nice guy. Recently got some parts from him. ...I just got into collecting as a adjunct to my living history hobby so I tend to go for the ones a more beat up an inexpensive and not advanced collector interest. Incredibly addictive. I'm finding myself in to a spiral, initially was into the 20's, working my way back to the 1890's. For now, except for the rarest machines, they are still very affordable if you stay away from the Ferengis on Ebay and Etsy. Every once in a while you can find a fair deal if you study and learn. Just don't get crazy. Still today a lot more typewriters than people wanting then which is good for beginning collectors.
This was so cool. I enjoyed this, thanks for sharing :) I've been interested in typewriters for years now, they're building up in the attic and I need to start selling them.
I have an Adler Favorit 2 from the 1930s and I've only payed 20€ for it 😍 I own an Olympia SM2 and a Trumph-Adler Contessa 2 (the one I got my hands on at age 13) - but my favourite to write is my beloved Rheinmetall from the 50s or 60s. I'm 28 and grew up with computers but typewriters have a special kind of magic. Also, people throw these beautys out for nothing; I payed 0-20€ for each of them and I would buy more if I had a house and not an appartment in the city 😂
I wish that I had an interest in collecting typewriters besides the IBM Selectric typewriter I have not used since the 1990s. Greg Fudacz can be a fine historian about the best office machine.
Olivetti had a large collection in Tarrytown, NY at the old Underwood factory. Of course that place is probably gone forever. I was at their school in 1968 to learn to program and repair their Programa 101 computer and went back several times.
I love old typewriters, and I used one for years while writing for a living. I still use a Royal Quiet Deluxe today, which was the typewriter Ernest Hemingway preferred, and was using when he committed suicide. But I sure don't own anything the ones in the video. The closest I can come is an Underwood number five, maybe the most famous writer's typewriter ever made. It was so popular, and so many were made, that it's still easy to find one cheap today.
I just recently caught the Typerfevermania for manual typewriters just a few days ago!,I just purchased a blue colored royal Typer and yes!,I too am in on the coast to coast fever for typewriters.If this fever catches millions of Americans let us say 100,000,000million American purchase this many types times $65,you will be surprised the total calculation!$650000000 in revenue!😂🎉😊😊😊😊
I've typed on both a Yost and a Williams. The Williams is better. What is the use of a typewriter that doesn't type. I've had several Yosts, Several Franklins, Williams and a bunch of Hammonds.
What is it with typewriter people? It’s always got to be the $10 typewriter. In this case $5. I guarantee there’s some pricey typewriters on the desk. And here we are 30 yrs later and the budding typewriter enthusiast can start off with a $20 KMM, have a blast and maybe actually do some typing.
I am very protective and obsessed with my typewriters, so when she started fucking pounding on the Franklin typewriter, my soul left my body. I could see him cringing as he just about died.
I mean, they survived this long, and the opinion I have on any computers or consoles I've brought with me to show off in things like that is that I shouldn't bring them if I'm not willing to do repair work on them after.
