Where can I buy ribbons for my Imperial “the good companion” model T typewriter?
I don’t see a Model T in my ribbon reference book I have the following:- Good Companion 1 (and 2,4 and 6) use group 1008 Good Companion 3 uses group 1006 Good Companion 5 (and 7) use group 1001 These ribbons were originally group 1, group 6 and group 8 the 100 prefixes were added later when the Carma reference system was adopted. Group 1001 is still fairly readily available from good stationers in brands such as Kores and Wordtech. Groups 1006 and 1008 are totally obsolete but if you have an old ribbon on the typewriter you could get a group 1001 and wind it on to the old spools. This shouldn’t cost more than £2.00 but pretty messy. Make sure you carefully memorise how the ribbon is threaded on the machine and how the spools are mounted before you remove them. Clean and oil the typewriter and hope for the best. They did need servicing occasionally as the striking levers can become misaligned. You can get a new basic electric typewriter for £50 to £60 which gives much better print quali
