By the mid-1930's the American Remington Company were producing an almost bewildering range of portable typewriters.  Everything from the cheapest and most basic model to heavy duty, noiseless and even for a brief period -  a single element manual portable.  Yes, a manual gofball typewriter would you believe !  The Remington Five was the established heavy-duty machine, but for 1935 Remington changed the outer casing to create the now-much-sought-after Remington Streamliner.  With its smooth Art-Deco appearance, it made the boxy machines that other manufacturers were producing suddenly look rather old-fashioned.  In this form it lasted until the early 1940's.  Remington resumed production for a few years after the war whilst they were tooling up for a whole new range of portables - but the post war machines were finished in a crackle paint with plastic keytops, which to modern eyes is nowhere near as attractive.

The Remington Five features a 43-character keyboard, two-colour ribbon mechanism and a feature that is unique to this model - the 'Self Starter' key !  The Self Starter will advance the carriage by five spaces for each touch of the key, allowing you to get from the left side of the paper to a position on the right in a number of rapid jumps.  It also has a secondary use as a paragraph indent key and can (with some careful setting up) be used as a column tabulator too.

This particular machine is in practically new condition and will give many years of utterly reliable service.  Every single rubber part has been recently replaced.  This includes the platen, feed rolls and even the feet.  It is very close to being in brand new condition as a result and is probably the best example of this sought-after model that you will find.