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grinolot · Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Ohio

The numbers I found 938588 on the lens board.

45PSS · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject:

The serial number of the camera should be on a plate rivited to the bed of the camera. Open camera, look on the front inside section of the bed between the yoke (rails).

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grinolot · Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Ohio

45PSS,

Were you described is where I found the number. Sorry, I didn't explain it well.

Todd

Jack5541 · Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 76

Your serial# is sufficiently close to the one in this thread to guess that it is from 1959-60....

http://www.graflex.org/helpboard/viewtopic.php?topic=1999&forum=1

You may also rack out the focusing rails (yoke) and look on the bottom-side of the cross-member to see if there is a stamped code on it; this code may help to narrow down the date. The following link says that date stamping began around 1961, but it can't hurt to see if yours has such a stamp....

http://www.graflex.org/speed-graphic/manufacturing-code.html

grinolot · Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Ohio

The only number I see stamped on the bottom of the cross piece of the lenstrack is 17.