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Here is #156 at a Pawn Shop in Tampa.....

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/atq/2730500834.html

I notice that the seller is now advertising it with a C reproducer instead of the original K......

Lucius1958 wrote:I notice that the seller is now advertising it with a C reproducer instead of the original K......

the picture still shows the K.... and how about that belt, original too?

This seller frequently swaps parts on machines as does almost every dealer. Therefore, I never believe a claim of 100% anything except bvllsh!t.

Serial # 109 is a pretty early Fireside - you can't take that way from this seller as the serial # is photographed in plain view of everyone on EBay, plus the older style pinstrips, etc. So I don't see a problem with him or her lising it that way, so what's the big deal? I'm lost about this posting?

Retrograde wrote:

Lucius1958 wrote:I notice that the seller is now advertising it with a C reproducer instead of the original K......

the picture still shows the K.... and how about that belt, original too?

This seller frequently swaps parts on machines as does almost every dealer. Therefore, I never believe a claim of 100% anything except bvllsh!t.

And unfortunately a lot of collectors swap parts over too, and their claims of 100% originality are often just as believable.