Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All of this talk about the new Leica XK50 (or what ever it is called) special Jaguar edition with green leather, got me to thinking. Why can't I make my own special editions. Go out and buy an M6, take it to a leather shop, have the black leather removed, have a new and different colored leather put on and, there you have it. I now have a Leica special edition at a fraction of the price. The economics are quite simple. I should be able to have the old leather removed and the new leather put on for about £150 and then be able to sell it to some collector for at least £500 more than I paid for it. That is a tidy profit of £350. If I can do this 4 times a month or 48 times a year, that would represent earnings of over £14,400 and I wouldn't have to give inland revenue (the tax man) any of it. Next I think I will try having an M6 gold plated. - -Martin