Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I heard of two 1913-1983 units with the same "special serial number". Rumor that the Midland number engraving machines fell into nefarious hands when Midland Leitz closed up. Vick >From: Stan Yoder <s.yoder@verizon.net> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Auctioning off the first production Leica M8 >Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 07:54:18 -0400 > >I seem to recall someone here saying that the Solms assemblers just reached >into a bin of S/N-numbered shoes to put one on the body at hand. If so, the >true first M8 might have any number from the first batch of shoes. Unless, >of course, Solms made sure that shoe #3100000000000000 was used. > >Stan Yoder > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information