Rolleicord ID?

[greyhoundman]

I can't seem to verify whether this is a I or a II.
The serial number on the lens is> 1945285

[doubs43]

Your 'Cord is a 1a. If it has a "Sports Finder" hood then it's a Type 2. Without the Sports Finder, it's a 1a, Type 1. The 1a was the only 'Cord made with a 4.5 taking lens. The Type 1 was made from March, 1936 until May, 1937 with serial numbers in the 1,760,000 ~ 1,947,000 range. The Type 2 was made from May, 1937 until January, 1938 with serial numbers in the 1,945,000 ~ 2,183,000 range. Those are body serial numbers and NOT lens serial numbers.

Walker

[greyhoundman]

It has a sports finder. The center of the top folds in. There are no numbers anywhere on the camera, except on the lens. Soooo, it must be a type II.

Thank you. Now to figure out if I want to use it or not.

[John Parry]

Hey Greyhoundman

We had an earlier discussion

cameracollector.proboards30.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=620&thread=1133365841&page=1

There are gaps in the serial number series.....

Peter W may be able to tell you more

Regards - John

ps Nice looker!

[greyhoundman]

It's definitely a clean example. I should probably run a roll through it.

[physiognomy]

Dave,

I use this site quite a bit:

web.archive.org/web/20050205042546/www.rolleiclub.com/rollei/tlr/index.htm

as well as this one:

home.worldonline.dk/rongsted/Rolleisn.htm

Cheers!

Peter

[doubs43]

greyhoundman said:

It has a sports finder. The center of the top folds in. There are no numbers anywhere on the camera, except on the lens. Soooo, it must be a type II. Thank you. Now to figure out if I want to use it or not.

Somewhere there is a serial number on the body and IIRC it'll be on the inside, visible only when the back is opened. The two tell-tale signs that it's a Model 1a, Type II are the f/4.5 taking lens and the Sports Finder hood. Only the Model 1a has the f/4.5 lens and only the Type II has the Sports Finder hood. The 1a Type I has a solid hood.

It looks to be an excellent example and I most certainly would run film through it. I have an Ikoflex from the same period and below is an example of a picture taken with it. An orange filter was used to enhance the clouds. Your 'Cord should be just as good.


Walker