I have to agree with Mark, as a collector item, it must be constructed
from the material that came from the same age. But if the spare part
has exactly the same shape and which is unidentifiable from the
original one that should be okay. A bottom plate with serial number is
an exception, a S/N from the early OM-1 does not qualify.
C.H.Ling
Mark Dapoz wrote:
>
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Timpe, Jim wrote:
>
> > From: Wayne Culberson
> > >>>Would switching the bottom plate with another from a later om1 ruin the
> > >>>collectable status of it? Wayne
> >
> > No, I don't believe so. The difficulty might be in finding a decent bottom
> > plate that doesn't have the motor drive interconnect opening in it. I don't
> > believe there's anything else unique about an M-1 bottom plate.
>
> I guess it depends on how pedantic you are. A bottom plate with a serial
> number significantly greater than 160000 would be very suspect.
> -mark
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