Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/25

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Subject: Re: Special M6's
From: n5xrd@juno.com (Richard W. Hemingway)
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 16:43:48 CDT

Jacques,

I recently saw a used chrome M6 for sale in a store. It had various 
>parts
>on it, like the shutter speed wheel etc. in black rather than chrome. 
>The
>asking price was about what you'd expect for a 'normal' used M6. Does
>anyone know about these chrome M6s with black parts?   


Its called a panda.  I understand it occured when Leica ran out of chrome
parts.  Marc probably knows more about this and how many were produced. 
They sell for about as much as a normal M6


Richard Hemingway
Norman, OK