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**migo984** · February 22nd, 2015, 04:54 AM

Happy day

Can someone tell me what Targa model this is? Thanks.

Edit: I think it's a 1001xg Classic.

**Jeph** · February 22nd, 2015, 06:34 AM

I can't help but want to help you celebrate the discovery

**jar** · February 22nd, 2015, 06:53 AM

It's an 1001XG or XGS, In your picture it looks like the slim model but that may be simply an artifact of the image. Can you tell us the width of the pen?

**migo984** · February 22nd, 2015, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by jar

It's an 1001XG or XGS, In your picture it looks like the slim model but that may be simply an artifact of the image. Can you tell us the width of the pen?

Thank you for your help. The length, capped, is 135mm. The diameter at widest point is 11mm. The nib unit is 60mm long (from tip of nib to end of the metal threads)
I might be wrong, as I don't know much about the Targa at all, but I thought the slim model wasn't introduced until the early 1980s? I bought my pen in 1978.

**jar** · February 22nd, 2015, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by migo984

Originally Posted by jar

It's an 1001XG or XGS, In your picture it looks like the slim model but that may be simply an artifact of the image. Can you tell us the width of the pen?

Thank you for your help. The length, capped, is 135mm. The diameter at widest point is 11mm. The nib unit is 60mm long (from tip of nib to end of the metal threads)
I might be wrong, as I don't know much about the Targa at all, but I thought the slim model wasn't introduced until the early 1980s? I bought my Len in 1978.

Sounds like the standard width (just XG) then.

**Chrissy** · February 22nd, 2015, 03:48 PM

It's a Classic. The Slimline has no collar next to the screw threads on the nib unit: Classic and Slimline

**kbrede** · February 22nd, 2015, 06:21 PM

One of the first fountain pens I bought, if not the first, was a Target Classic in the early 90s. One of my favorite writers. Mine isn't as nice as this pen though. Congratulations!

Kent