I found this Selectric III at a thrift store in my area, and it was in good enough shape that my repair guy could work on it. I think he did an outstanding job. I bought the paper-ruler thing, he replaced a broken platen knob, and I bought a Prestige Elite element to go with it.

I have been told that the dark brown color is very rare for a III.

I’m not sure if I’ll keep this one or sell it, but it’s certainly one of my top thrift store finds. The hum of the motor is so relaxing while I’m writing. The keyboard feels great, and the text is so clean on the page.

need help

I owned a different Selectric III in the past, and I could have sworn it had a different keyboard setup. I absolutely do not remember the keys for 2 and 3 exponents, or the key in the bottom-left for the paragraph symbol.

Am I imagining things? Did the III have different keyboards?