Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] would it worth for an M3
From: "James Mason, Arctic Sounder" <sounder@otz.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:52:00 -0900
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There is no way to put a Yugo engine in a VW...so let's think up a 
different analogy. I spent three years during the war in Bosnia in a 
mountain town where we had to make do...lots of welding and lots of 
machining, and most of the cars were either Yugos or VW Golfs. The 
idea of mixing Yugo and VW parts would not occur to anybody who has 
worked with the cars...they don't fit.

On the other hand, an M6 viewfinder will go into an M3. An analogy 
might be putting a corvair engine into your old VW bus...or a Porsche 
engine in your bus...which used to be done a lot back in the 60s. Or 
a Chevy V8 into your toyota Landcruiser...those all fit.

OK?

James Mason





>Just the opposite - the apparently bad analogy stems from the fact 
>that the VW was solid and reliable, and the Yugo was just the 
>opposite - hence putting a Yugo engine into a VW. I am suggesting 
>that the M6 finder is the Yugo engine, and putting one into an M3, 
>with its wonderful, bright, flare-free, easy to focus 
>viewfinder/rangefinder would make less than no sense.
>
>B. D.
>
>SthRosner@aol.com wrote:
>
>>In a message dated 11/29/01 8:45:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>>JRFjr@compuserve.com writes:
>>
>>>Maybe the analogy is putting a Chevy engine in a Mercedes?
>>>
>>
>>I believe the analogy stemmed from the fact that this M3 was a less 
>>than perfect specimen. Perhaps what was meant was a VW engine in a 
>>badly beat-up Mercedes?
>>
>>Seth      LaK 9
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