Dactyle A13
When I saw this somewhat grotty Dactyle on a second-hand site, I immediately knew I had to have it, because the tabulator looked like nothing I've ever seen on a Dactyle before. Machine in hand, that turned out to be logical - someone got tired of the error-prone and cumbersome Dactyle tabulator, and replaced it with the tabulator of a Triumphator. The funny thing is that apparently the transplant is effortless, and the tabulation works flawlessly, much in contrast with my experience with Dactyle tabulators. So clearly, mission accomplished.
This is an image of the machine as received:
The machine, according to legendn was used in a police office in East Flanders. Whether it was a local office mechanic who did this transplant or an adventurous police officer, we'll probably never find out ... but it is a bit of a conversation piece!
This is what it looks like after a bit of a clean-up - first without the base plate:
The Triumphator carriage lock:
And now with the base plate (which is necessary, because the teeth of the carriage shift mechanism are screwed to the bottom of the cast base, so it needs a hole in the base plate to sit nicely horizontal):
