Re: [Leica] Re: The Leicar box

["dan states" <dstate1@hotmail.com>]

No way buddy, you might scratch the film.

According to the company their box buffer was sick one week and they had to 
use a stand in..

For that matter I would not suggest putting the small box inside the large, 
due to the damage that  might occur to the collectable surface of said small 
box.




>
>
>
>Malcolm McCullough wrote:
>
> > >>Has anyone seen the information below?  Is it a hoax?
> > >>
> > >><http://www.f32.com/Articles/art004.htm>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > There are more articles by the same author on the f32 website. Having 
>read
> > them, I cannot understand why some people are saying that the Leicar is 
>a
> > hoax - Heinz Richter is clearly someone who has close links with Leica. 
>How
> > else could he have obtained the unretouched photographs of elves working 
>on
> > the M5?
> >
> > I already have a Leicar M on order. I have been told that production has
> > shifted from Zuffenhausen to Coventry (England) but the crates were 
>already
> > printed "Made in Germany". This has nothing to do with the Leicar M 
>sharing
> > the same cutting-edge1950's technology as the Land-Rover. Apparently the
> > spin doctors ruled that German cars are too common whereas English cars
> > have much more rarity value these days, unless they are Toyotas of 
>course.
> > They are right - here in Singapore there  are more BMs and Mercs than 
>you
> > can shake a stick at. I know - I've tried. My case comes up on Tuesday.
> >
> > By the way, although it isn't Friday yet, I have an M6K box for sale. As
> > you all know, only 100,000 M6Ks were made and most of them were shipped 
>in
> > the correct box. Mine, however, came in a box marked "Philips Steam 
>Iron,
> > Made in Singapore". Any offers?
> >
> > Regards
> > Malcolm
> > Singapore
>
>   Malcom,
>
>I am really interested on your rare box. could you post some more specific
>details about it. (e.g. how many sides it has, is the lid on the top or on 
>the
>bottom etc.)
>I am thinking of getting rid of all my Leica equipment and changing over to 
>box
>collecting in big style. There  are enormous advantages, especially storage
>wise. I heard one could store a smaller box within a bigger box. Wow...   
>You
>could also drill a small hole in to the box and put a film in to it and 
>you'll
>have an auto focus camera.
>
>Regards,
>Horst Schmidt
>
>


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