Debating on Restoring my MINESIX 66

[MineSix66]

Well, I guess I am debating on wether or not to restore my MineSix66. It needs a new bellows and I have to remove the rivets to get to it. I forgot to take pictures of the strip down so it might be difficult to put back together. I would like to get the light meter to work again but forgot how to put it back together and I read no one fixes them. I am having a hard time finding the leather to match.
Should we make this a forum project? I might just put it up on ebay.

 

[Windscale]

I think you can forget the leather for the time being. This is only cosmetic. Light meter you can also do without as it is best to use a handheld meter. You can either replace the bellows or put up a permanent structure to house the lens, thus turning the camera to become a non-folder. Either way it is not easy but can be done and worth a try now that you have gone so far and if the lens is in good enough condition. You won't get much by putting it on Ebay.

 

[FallisPhoto]

The cheapest way of replacing the bellows is to harvest the bellows from a Kodak 66. On a Kodak 66, the bellows is pretty much the only well-made part of the camera. Also, since it was Kodak's very last bellows camera, the bellows are usually in pretty good shape.