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Shoutout to the guy who walked in with a box of parts and a story
Last Thursday was a weird one. A guy came into the shop with a shoebox full of pieces from a 1970s Minolta SRT-101, said his dad tried to fix it himself before he passed. The mirror box was in three parts, screws were missing, and the focus screen was cracked. I told him it was a long shot, but I'd look. Spent the next two days just sorting, cleaning, and hunting for donor screws from my own parts bin. Got the mirror mechanism timed again yesterday, and the old light meter even flickered to life. It's not perfect, but it'll take a picture. Seeing his face when he picked it up made the whole grind feel worth it. Anyone else ever get handed a true basket case that somehow came together?
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rayy831d ago
True basket case" made me smile... had a buddy bring me a lawnmower engine in a bucket once. Took forever to even figure out what all the bits were for.
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sandrap401d ago
That "bits in a bucket" situation is so familiar. I read a forum post once where a guy bought a "project" motorcycle engine that was just loose parts in a few grocery bags. He said the hardest part wasn't the fixing, it was the mental puzzle of figuring out what each piece even was before he could start. It turns a repair job into a full-on detective case. I guess that's the real test for a mechanic, putting the puzzle together with no picture on the box.
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