Is this graflex real or fake

[Xrad]

Bought this graflex at a great price locally and wanted to know if it was real or a replica

 

[Xrad]

Here’s some more photos

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

More pics in better light would help. (Bunny ear pin looks like a screw, clamp has replica stress marks from how it was rolled, beer tab is bent like replicas and not flat, etc..)

Looks like a replica to me, hopefully better experts will weigh in shortly.

 

[jorged123]

If it's not a replica, it's in really pristine condition. Strange they would have the d-ring connected and not the t-tracks. I would think a vintage would have some signs of use, but I guess some get stored rather than used.

 

[Xrad]

If it's not a replica, it's in really pristine condition. Strange they would have the d-ring connected and not the t-tracks. I would think a vintage would have some signs of use, but I guess some get stored rather than used.

The t tracks were on when I bought it but they were really poorly attached and falling off so i took them off cause I was gonna replace them anyway

 

[jorged123]

Is the rivet on the bunny ear assembly a screw?

 

[Xrad]

It appears to be a flat head screw (sorry for the bad quality photo)

 

[jorged123]

That's strange, but vintages usually have a rivet; not a screw there. I have a replica with a fake rivet head screw.

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

That's strange, but vintages usually have a rivet; not a screw there. I have a replica with a fake rivet head screw.

It’s not too strange, almost all replica Graflex have a screw instead of a dome-head pin.

 

[Halliwax]

very tricky... lever washer looks strange to me...

 

[division 6]

Is there corrosion or oxidation inside?

 

[BlandoCalrssian]

Bottom stamping is Parks isn’t it? You can tell by the shape of the O’s.

 

[Xrad]

Is there corrosion or oxidation inside?

It does appear there is some worn finish on the inside

It does appear there is some worn finish on the inside

Here is a photo of the inside of the bottom half


And here is a photo of the top half

 

[AnubisGuard]

Those both look way too clean to be vintage to me, especially the upper.

 

[Serenity]

The clamp is definitely a replica, look at the lettering spacing and how it starts and ends with the three lines instead of at the square tab openings. I’d say it’s an earlier Parks.

 

[woodywaverider]

This may seem strange, but what does it smell like, genuine vintage equipment has a very distinctive old smell.

 

[Gerard2567]

This screams parks gen 1 to me... Even so, finding a 1st gen park is a neat find on its own.

 

[Darth Lars]

Bottom is Parks. Clamp is Parks. Button has same bevel as Parks.

Is the D-ring made of sheet metal that wraps the D-ring? I think Parks made a weird aluminium thing.

 

[Probe Droid]

Nice, but it's a fugazzi.

 

[thd9791]

Bottom is Parks. Clamp is Parks. Button has same bevel as Parks.

Came here to say this. Replica, totally.