just received Rolleiflex in rough shape

[JoeFriday]

my father handed me a Rolleiflex tonight, saying that I might be able to get it back into working condition... the shutter sticks at all speeds below 100, but seems accurate from 100 to 400

beyond that, the viewing and taking glass look good.. it's a Zeiss-Opton Tessar 2.8 80mm setup.. otherwise, it's got the usual 'character' associated with a well used 60 year old camera

there's a photo of it in my gallery

I can't seem to find much info about this (altho I haven't looked that hard yet).. does anyone have any info about this model? and what's a good place to get it CLA'd? and I guess I ought to ask what that would cost

 

[2maneekameras]

You should get rid of that ugly thing immediately :>) I got one in better external but worse internal shape about 15 years ago. I had fun repairing and using it. I really love using my Rollei. I had to replace the mirror in the viewfinder. I took a front surface mirror out of a kodak instant camera I bought for a few bucks. I cut the mirror to fit the rollei, using the old one as a pattern. I then had to collimate the lenses after reassembly. I also had to fix the slow sppeds on the shutter. To access the shutter, you peel back the leather covering( no vulcanite here), to expose screws, some of which are already exposed on your camera. Remove the shutter and then the glass elements to get to the shutter itself. If you can't bear the use 120 film and the larger format, there is a 35mm film adapter. Mine came with one but I didn't keep it. These cameras are as famous as the Leicas INHO.