Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hendrik wrote: <<<<I saw some of these cars at a local dealer last week. Only one has the red LEICA botton on the left front door. Is this very rare? Looking under the hood you could read: Powered by Leicavit. It seems to me the motor was hamster-driven. Is there a titanium version available? And what about collapsible mirrors? :-)) BTW: The connectors are for the policefinder-adjustment! Don't touch....>>>>>>> Hey Padre, :) How's it going? haven't had a chat for sometime. I'm surprised you saw the Leicacar with the red logo on the left front door, as I understood it was supposed to be on the rear left fender. The version you saw makes that one a major find as a collector! <<<Powered by Leicavit. It seems to me the motor was hamster-driven.>>>>> You really have found a collector item! If the Leicavit was hampster driven, where they the 6 hampster version or four? I heard rumours there was an R8 Special edition with a 16 Hampster Leicavit to handle the 36 valve motor, but that the motor for the R8 wont be available until next year. :) <<Is there a titanium version available>>>>>> Not at this moment as the price of Gold will give them a better Mark return on the "Leicar lll" and they are doing a "Gold Plated" model that comes with a pair of gold plated M6's and the buyers choice of gold plated lenses or built in autofocus if you wish. :) <<< BTW: The connectors are for the policefinder-adjustment! Don't touch....>>>>> Why those sneaky devils, as they told me the unused contacts were for the new "Oxygen fuel enhancer" for the hampsters so they could run faster. :) Better kilometers to the hampster. :) Thanks for the note on the Leicar, I'm sure we have now just moved it up a notch and everyone will want the car in either black or silver.:) ted