halda gurus - please age / advise on this twinmaster

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Hi guys , can someone help me on this unit and advise age / correctness / etc... having trouble putting a date of build to it andif it is correct or been messed with.

[1st]

Hi John,

It looks to be a 50s - 60s TWM1 alloy case Twin, made prior to the plastic case Twins TWM2s that were released in the late 60s/70s.

The 4 non original Phillips screws likely housed an Avco small exterior light set; which now looks to have been supplanted by the large central light awning. The 4 original plastic knobs have been replaced by some hand cut brass (?) ones.

The factory decals have long since faded or the case has been repainted black- the correct finish is a 'crackle' matt black. Open and see if the gear carrier is there and the internals.....these are super robust but they need to be mechanically complete.

Cheers

SCK

[chris_seven]

The back of it should have the Model No and a Serial number and from this you should be able to roughly date when it was manufactured.

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heres the rear and numbers , metal case but it has twm2 stamped

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heres the rear and numbers , metal case but it has twm2 stamped

It looks like some one swapped the case.

Question. Can you post a picture of the side w/o the small cover? That will show how the original lighting was. There are basically 3 sorts of Twinmasters: early alu early style lighting (TWM1 very low serial number), alu later style lighting (TWM1) and last plastic later style lighting (TWM2).

BTW while at it, are your 2 lenses clear or black w/ a white dot as can be seen on the picture posted by fellow board member "1st".

Richard

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ok , i will have this in stock on the weekend as it was part of a deal of parts i was doing , will list for sale now but will add lots of photos over the weekend

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Ok lots of photos , it is a ali case front and rear and it is a tmw2 stamp on the rear so it,s genuine case .

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And more picsplus