"Good Bones" is a term you hear a lot in the house-flipping industry, and it means the buyer is likely to rip the place apart and do a lot of refurb. This Champion needs a *lot* of fiddly work, but even so - crusted with dirt from not having a case, shift mechanism way out of whack and a janky ribbon vibrator - it still types like a dream. Light, snappy as all get-out and pleasant mechanical sound. The touch is DISTINCTLY different from the later 1950's machines, shockingly lighter and better. This one will be a great typer, but will never be a show-stopping looker.