Staff note: This post may contain affiliate links, which means Pentax Forums may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. If you would like to support the forum directly, you may also make a donation here.
Well, I just got the bad news today from Eric that another classic is non-repairable. I'm really bummed about this. Earlier this year I got this news about my 1958 K, now it sits on the shelf, worthless. I thought about selling it on ebay as "not working" but I can't bring myself to sell it without full disclosure that it can't be repaired. Especially since it's likely that someone here would end up with it, wasting money on it as I did. I bought it thinking that a CLA would save it. I did try once to resell it on ebay but since I listed it as unrepairable, I never got a single bid so I just decided to keep it.
Today's news was even worse. This time it's an AP that is unrescuable. As with the K, it's in mint cosmetic condition. Anothe gorgeous classic in the junk box, never to have its film plane illuminated again.