Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>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