I am encouraged that you have this knowledge since you posted an extended list with details. If you have tools and knowledge most of these repairs can be DIY. You hit on something here. People who post an overview and also necessary details in the first post of their thread have a higher percent ch...

That's a nice Minolta. I have one from the generation before that, about 1980. What I started with in 1986. Nice 50mm too you have there.

Do you shoot BW film? Process at home? If you don't, start. It's a riot.

rotor guide screw not mandatory

Yes absolutely another 850, a Platinum because they're rare. Sedan or wagon, don't care.

Welcome Mark. What are you looking for? A long term project to shine up and feel good about your wrenching?

A daily?

A low-cost fun car to fix and drive? (warning klaxon sound)

Hello Tapsa, thanks for joining!

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Love that camera and those Daschunds! I took photography in grade school and would like to get into it again if I had room for a darkroom and all those developing trays and those chemicals, probably not practical today. Do you develop your own film? I wonder if all that stuff is still available for...

No darkroom, just a room in the basement that's light-tight. I only process film, no printing, so I only need a small room without light to load film into the tank. But anyone could do what I do in any bathroom at night, lights off. For the rest the film is in a development tank and I (you, we, they...