Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/31

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Subject: [Leica] M8 bought with 1,2,3
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue Oct 31 17:02:13 2006

> 
> Don
> 
> The US automakers tried that trick in the 1950's
> and were slammed hard by Congress.  The FTC takes
> a VERY dim view if the costs of repairs or parts
> escalates unreasonably during this ten-year
> period.  (By way of example, I drive a 1984 Audi
> 4000S, and only in the past year have I started
> to have problems in getting parts from VW/Audi,
> and these are on minor parts such as locks -- I
> got the last driver-door lock in the US in 2004,
> and they could not mate this with a
> passenger-door, trunk, or ignition lock, as the
> last full kit had been sold three weeks before.)
> 
> Zeiss Ikon Voigtlander went out of business in
Always wondered what MJS drove!
Ah yes 1984! 
The year Ansel died and the M6 was born! And a bunch of other stuff.
And I read the book when I was a kid.
Despite the parts which were... Well...
FRANK!


As of tomorrow:
Mark William Rabiner
485 Central Park West  appt. 7-C
New York, NY 10025-3322
USA
40?47'59.18"N   
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In reply to: Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] M8 bought with 1,2,3)