Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 HM Serial Numbers... Short!
From: "Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 06:12:16 -0800

>>My black M6 has a number outside of your range. It is1917569. It is
obviously the oldest M6 known to this group! <<

One of my M6's is #1668293  - never been serviced, still works perfectly
despite many years of heavy use. I think I got it in 1986 or 1987.

Bryan
- -----Original Message-----
From: Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 HM Serial Numbers... Short!


>My black M6 has a number outside of your range. It is1917569. It is
>obviously the oldest M6 known to this group! I bought it brand new less
>than two years ago (!) from an official Leica agent in Hamburg, Germany. I
>got about 25% off the list price because it was a 'demonstrator' and 'a
>couple of years old'. I called the Leica factory asking them when it was
>manufactured. They said it was 'approx. five years old'. I guess they knew
>better. However, the camera was spotless and came with a full two year
>factory guarantee and the original box. As I not only have a car with a
>starting crank, but also a motor bike which I kick start (BMW 75/6), I am
>not worried the M6 is old, but I do keep a spare battery  as it has no
>equivalent  to the starting crank/kick starter.
>
>--
>christer almqvist
>eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440
>14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58
>
>