Konica Auto-S frame alignment

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Hi, I have a Konica Auto-S that is in near perfect condition and takes great pics. Just recently, though, I noticed that the images are somewhat shifted off-center to the right, even though they were centered when I framed them originally. The camera has auto parallax correction built in so it's not just a matter of poor compensation on my part when framing, so I was wondering if this is something fairly common that can be adjusted? And if so, what's the general procedure? I have no problem working on the camera - I've done rangefinder cleaning, vertical adjustments, etc. before, but not sure about what this might involve. Some sample pics are below, any help is greatly appreciated as I really like the camera otherwise.

First shot, each post was lined up on the L/R frame lines in the viewfinder.

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Here's some car show pics where you can see the right-hand shift as well. All the cars were framed centered in the viewfinder.

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These finders were never super accurate. Something might be slightly out of alignment but I think the best thing to do is allow for the shift when you frame the photo. I have an Auto S and from memory I think it would be hard to adjust the moving frame sections.
They are great cameras though.
 
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