Remington Deluxe Remette and Remington Remette

 On the left is my Remington Deluxe Remette, from May 1940. On the right is my Remette, from January, 1941. The paint on the 1941 Remette was drab and chipped before I repainted it. The inspiration for the two-tone color scheme came from the Remington Model 3, which came in many two-tone paint jobs. The Remington Model 3 was the source of the Remette's mechanism, and many of its body panels. The reason I haven't painted the upper section is because of the decals.


There are few differences between the Remette and Deluxe Remette. The main difference is the presence of a left-hand carriage knob on the Deluxe model, and a larger carriage-return lever. Neither of these typewriters have the 'bell and whistles' of the full-featured portables. (It does have adjustable margins, but not a warning bell.) Only 19,237 Deluxe Remettes were made between April 1940 and August 1941.