Someone Needs to Buy This.....

[Vince Lupo]

Now THIS is a Leica!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320391682071&viewitem=&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1&category=15234&salenotsupported

[benmacphoto]

Id be down for the MOOLY, but could do without the dragons. Haha.

[MichaelHarris]

Looks fast!

[raid]

Good Gooly Miss Mooley! It is worth 2000 Iraqi Dinars!

[ray*j*gun]

Yikes......fuel injected.

[Vince Lupo]

The dragons are the best part! Would definitely put fear into the hearts of your adversaries.

[Trius]

Yes, the dragons are bitchin'!

This is the Jackie Chan would use!

[ItsReallyDarren]

Wow that's a pimped out camera. Needs under body lights though.

[TheHub]

Ditch the dragons and I'd buy it

[Mr_Flibble]

Crikey, it's like with those bubbas that turn vintage WW2 jeeps into monster trucks.
Looks real snazzy, but I can't help but feeling sorry for the IIIa.

So, who of us is going to rescue it? ;)

[teo]

Uhmmm... I'd keep the dragon and sell the mooly... [duck and cover]

[CLE-RF]

Uhmmm... I'd keep the dragon and sell the mooly... [duck and cover]

I'd take the MOOLY! [stands up, waving vigorously] :D

[ZeissFan]

Lens and finder not included. Deal is off.

By the way, I wish sellers would stop putting lenses and accessories on the camera and then insert in the middle of a huge babble of 20 run-on sentences of ALL-CAPS text, "lens/accessories not included."

[Double Negative]

^ Yeah, seriously. If it's not included, maybe just not take a picture of it, eh? I might have been interested if the lens/finder WERE included.

Thankfully those dragons would disappear under a nice cameraleather.com skin. ;)

[Luddite Frank]

Where are the flame-throwers and the spoiler ???

:D


Lake pipes ?


A brief moment of serious observation... this is the first time I've actually examined a MOOLY, and I noticed that even though the motor case is marked "E. Leitz Wetzlar", on the bottom, the latch is marked "Open" and "Close", rather than "auf" / "zu" or both....

:confused:

I've often entertained the pipe-dream of buying rodded & chopped antique cars and (very publicly) restoring them to original, factory condition...

Wonder what kind of hew & cry that would elicit from the "Good Guys" ????
:cool:


Well, I guess I should go grab my "beater" 1934 Leica III, jump in my unrestored '41 De Soto jalopy, and go terrorize the community....

Cheers !

Luddite Frank

[LeicaTom]

Hmmm I never have been a fan of the "short" housing "armed" MOOLY`s but one with STAMPED Asterisk :) - is

*pretty rare in the collectors world*

I wish I had a more speedly access to records, then I could perhaps, shed more light on it`s history........cuz with a three digit number this makes this a very early possible - pre/production model MOOLY Late 1937/Early 1938.

It`a $1,000-$1,200 camera combo "as-is"
.................use the IIIa for parts and hook the MOOLY up to a "minty" 38' IIIb and make what I`ve always called
"A Heinrich Hoffmann Special"
- just add a "prewar" Elmar f3.5/35 wide with a correct Black FLQOO hood and a "Flat Nose" VIOOH finder you have a BEAUTIFUL package that would work as good as it looks too :D

Hmmm I`d go after this if I already had the Mint IIIb.....I just don`t want to start collecting pre 1940 Leica stuff....uggh!!! I have enough 1940 to 1946 items now!!!!!! :rolleyes:

Tom

ps: I`m still holding on to that dream of finding the ultimate Leica "paperweight" in some deceased Army Officer`s estate - a $200
mint boxed
MOOLY C K Grey there, ready to go on my 43'........that`s the only motor I think I want ;)