Fully Restored Olympia Splendid 66 Ultra-Portable Typewriter | Cream Casing & Green Keys, 11 CPI Elite Font & Brand-New Platen

📖 Product Overview: Iconic West German Engineering in an Ultra-Portable Silhouette Discover the light, responsive typing action and refined mid-century design of the Olympia Splendid 66 ultra-portable typewriter. Engineered in Western Germany, the Splendid series is globally celebrated by novelists, poets, and travelers for its compact low-profile frame, mechanical durability, and fluid key response.

Presented in good cosmetic condition with minimal vintage marks, this classic cream machine features soft mint-green accent keys and matching carriage trim. It has been meticulously overhauled in our Milton Keynes workshop by Walid & Joujou (featured restoration experts on BBC’s The Repair Shop). Following a comprehensive service—including chemical degreasing, segment flushing, and full calibration—it has been upgraded with a brand-new vulcanized rubber platen roller for cushioned, quiet typing acoustics and maximum imprint clarity. Complete with a fresh two-colour ribbon and a workshop-repaired carrying case, it is 100% ready to write straight out of the box.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Olympia Splendid 66 Ultra-Portable Typewriter.

• Manufacturing Origin: Made in Western Germany.

• Color Palette: Cream enameled body with cream keycaps, soft mint-green shift keys, and matching accents.

• Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Serviced. Segment deep-flushed, degreased, and precision-calibrated for exceptionally smooth, responsive key strokes.

 • Brand-New Platen Roller Fitted (£150 Value): Upgraded with a fresh vulcanized rubber platen for superior key cushioning, reduced operational noise, and sharp character imprints.

• Ribbon System: Pre-installed with a fresh two-colour fabric typewriter ribbon on spools.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Crisp, highly legible Elite Typeface.

 • Font Pitch: 11 Characters Per Inch (11 CPI / Elite Scale)—delivering precise line spacing, razor-sharp alignment, and optimal page density for manuscripts, daily prose, poetry, and letters.

🎨 Cosmetic Presentation & Case Status

• Visual Presentation: Good vintage condition overall. The cream frame is remarkably clean and well-preserved, exhibiting only minimal, honest vintage marks consistent with light authentic use.

• Keytop Condition: Every keycap and spacebar has been hand-cleaned, sanitized, and polished to a clean finish.

• Repaired Original Case: Supplied with its original tan zip-around carrying case. The case has been workshop-repaired for structural durability and features a smooth, fully operational zipper.

📋 Quick Specifications Overview

🛡️ Peace of Mind & Workshop Mechanical Guarantee ✅ 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee | ✅ 14-Day Returns | ✅ Lifetime Aftercare | ✅ Featured on BBC's The Repair Shop

Every typewriter leaving our workshop represents the highest standard of vintage mechanical conservation. To ensure complete confidence in your investment, your typewriter is backed by our Comprehensive 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee, covering all internal mechanisms, segment linkages, and moving parts. Each machine is logged in our digital workshop registry under its unique serial number for full traceability and long-term support. Please read our dedicated workshop guarantee page on our website for complete details and peace of mind.

🌍 Global Shipping, Timelines & Tariff Information • 🇺🇸 United States & 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Shipping (100% Free & All-Inclusive): Standard local & international shipping to the US and UK is completely free and included in the listed price. Furthermore, all US import tariffs and customs duties are fully prepaid by our workshop. There are absolutely zero hidden checkout fees, surprise border holds, or cash-on-delivery demands at your door. • 🌐 International Shipping (Europe, Australia, Canada & Rest of World): We dispatch all website orders in less than 24 hours via fully tracked premium air courier directly to your door in 3 to 7 working days (with express delivery options available at checkout). • Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To protect this ultra-portable classic during international transit, we mechanically lock down the carriage rail, insulate the frame in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the entire unit within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support • Unbox & Start Writing: Your Olympia Splendid 66 arrives pre-installed with its fresh ribbon, repaired carrying case, and our primary step-by-step startup instructions. Simply unbox, release the carriage lock, and begin typing immediately. • Video Learning Academy: Your package includes a direct link to our dedicated YouTube video tutorial, teaching you exactly how to type on, care for, adjust the margins, and change ink ribbons on your specific Olympia model. • Lifetime Technical Partnership: Every typewriter we sell comes with lifetime technical support. You receive direct email and video-call troubleshooting access to Walid and Joujou, the celebrated restoration experts from BBC's The Repair Shop and major Netflix productions.

🎬 We prepared a video on how to use this Typewriter on YouTube.

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