C4 Case Numbers

Posted : admin On 4/7/2022

BTW, that original 7006 number is the ID for the case. Again, its a PART of a C4 and not a C4 ID number. The ID tag for the C4 was on the other side under a bolt on the other servo cover. However, I am pretty sure you have a '66 C4.

Built Ford Tough.

The 4 speed toploader is one of the toughest manual transmissions ever built.

  • Case & Extension Housing Parts (C4 transmission) - Typical 1964-1972 F100/250, E100/300 6-cylinder. 1200 x 755, 144K: Main Control (C4 transmission) 1966-1972. 900 x 671, 100K: Main Control (C6 transmission) 1968-1972. 900 x 805, 114K: Case & Extension Parts (C6 transmission) 1968-1972. 1200 x 965, 167K.
  • A redesigned C4 valve body and transmission case came along in 1970, which was used for the C4’s production life through 1981. In Drive, the C4 shifts the same as the Dual-Range at the large green dot with a normal 1-2-3 upshift program and the same gear ratios throughout.

Identification of the Toploader is easy. Toploaders are top accessible (from a 10 bolt steel plate)

For decoding the specific application look for a metal tab riveted on the right side of the transmission body housing.

HEH-? or RUG-? are the codes necessary for decoding specific transmission application from the

Close and Wide Ratio

2 types of gear ratio are commonly associated with the 60's 70's toploader

Ratio type
2 nd
4 th
2.32
1.29
Wide ratio
1.93
1.00

Ratio chartpage gives a good idea of rpm, speeds and shifting points for both Close and Wide ratio transmissions.

Decoding the Toploader

For most 60's and 70's Toploaders the ID starts with either prefix HEH or RUG

HEH-D

Transmission identification code

HEH-D = 64 390 Galaxie, 1 1/16' input shaft, 28 spline output, close ratio

Transmission serial number
RUG-AV1

Transmission identification code

RUG-AV1 = 70-71 302-351 Mustang, 1 1/16' input shaft, 28 spline output, wide ratio

Transmission serial number

The lower number on the tag is the transmission serial number. The transmission serial number is a production serial number and should not be confounded with the engine serial number, they are not the same. Some transmissions have a date code instead of the serial number.

Input Shaft

2 different INPUT shaft are commonly available for all V8 Ford's, 1 1/16' and 1 3/8'. But both input shafts have the same number of splines of 10.

1 1/16 ' input shaft

1 3/8 ' input shaft

10 spline

Tailshaft

Also 2 popular OUTPUT shafts are available for the V8 toploader a 28 spline or a 31 spline shaft (sorry, no pictures)

Tailshaft housing

Many different Tailshaft housings and shifter positions available with Toploaders.

here are a few

Wide transmission insulator mount

C4DR-7A040-A
Narrow transmission insulator mount
Narrow transmission insulator mount
C6OR-7A040-C
Wide transmission insulator mount
Wide transmission insulator mount
C9OR-7A040-A
Wide transmission insulator mount
Wide transmission insulator mount

Bolt patterns (bellhousing)

2 different bolt patterns. Early Toploaders used a narrow bolt pattern type for attaching the transmission to the bellhousing and the later versions used a wider butterfly type bolt pattern.

Narrow bolt pattern

Butterfly bolt pattern

Later type

Toploader exploded view

A guide to estimating the date of production of Argus cameras made between 1936 and 1966.

Copyright 2004-2020 by Phillip G. Sterritt. Contributions of Dan Cluley, Mike Reitsma, Curtis Riddick, Brian Waddell, and the Michigan Photographic Historical Society gratefully acknowledged.

Last updated 5/9/2020.

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Cameras by model:


A

1936 - 1941

Serial number: on a label inside above the film rails in the format 'No. nnnnnn' where nnnnnn is between 1037 and 211589 with no suffix.

The range 1037 - 211589 is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

APPROXIMATE Model A Serial Number Ranges by Year of Manufacture
BeginEndYear
1037 50000 1936
50000 90000 1937
90000 130000 1938
130000 160000 1939
160000 190000 1940
190000 211589 1941

Features:

Lens labeling:

  • Argus Ilex Precise: 1936 - 1937
  • Argus IRC Anastigmat: 1937 - 1941
  • Argus IRC: 1941

Sprocket wheel inside camera:

  • Single gear, brass: 1936 - 1937
  • Double gear, aluminum: 1937 - 1941

Rewind knob:

  • Thin: 1936
  • Thick: 1936 - 1941

Has Tripod socket:

  • No: 1936
  • Yes: 1936 - 1941
Camera Index

C4 Case Numbers

AA

1941

Serial number: on a label inside above the film rails in the format 'No. nnnnnnn AA' where nnnnnnn is between 500000 and 513250.

The range 500000 - 513250 is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

AF

1937 - 1938

Serial number: on a label inside above the film rails in the format 'No. nnnnn AF' where nnnnnn is between 5000 (1937) and 70138 (1938).

The range 5000 - 70138 is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

A2B

1939 - 1950

Serial number: on a label inside above the film rails in the format 'A2B nnnnnnn'. Published ranges are inaccurate. Empirical data suggest nnnnnn is between roughly 50000 and 250000.

Features:

  • Uncoated lens: March 1939 - August 1942
  • Coated lens: July 1946 - December 1950
Camera Index

A2F

1939 - 1941

Serial number:on a label inside above the film rails in the format 'A2F nnnnn'. Published ranges are inaccurate. Empirical data suggests range of nnnnn is approximately 1000 (1939) to 40000 (1941).

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

B

1937

Serial number: on a label inside above the film rails in the format 'No. nnnn - B'. Published information stating range is 'shared with model A' is incorrect. Empirical data show nnnn is between 1000 and 1999.

Features:

Too little data on known variants.

Camera Index

FA

1950 - 1951

Serial number: None -- date stamped inside in the bay where the film goes, in format YYMM, where YY is year (50 or 51) and MM is month. Stamped in dark numbers on a black surface so hard to see under the best of conditions.

Observed range: 5000 (?) to 5105

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

A3, CC

1940 - 1942

Serial number: stamped on the inside of the back in the format '0nnnnn' where nnnnnn is between 100000 (October 1940) and 140980 (1942). The two cameras share the same set of serial numbers and it's not known if different ranges were used for each of the two cameras.

The range 100000 - 140980 is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

K

1939 - 1940

Serial number: on a label inside above the film rails in the format 'No. nnnn K'. Published ranges are inaccurate. Empirical data suggests range of nnnnn is approximately 1000 (1939) to 3100+ (1940).

Features:

Too little data on known variants.

Camera Index

M

1939 - 1940

Serial number: on a label inside on side of lens housing in the format 'Mnnnnn' (four or five digits). Range approximately M1000 - M13500.

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

Camro 28, Minca 28, Delco 828

1947 - 1948?

Serial number: on a label inside on side of lens housing in the format '19- 1nnnnn'. Ranges by model overlap; Camros tend to be earliest, Mincas in the middle and Delcos later. Known advertisements: Camro 28: Summer/Fall 1947, Minca 28: December 1947. No known documentation of Delco vintage. Estimated range across all models: 19-100000 through 19-155000.

Features:

'No-Name Camros' -- which must include a box with the logo deliberately obscured and the words 'NAME OF NATIONALLY KNOWN MAKE DELETED' overprinted to be considered authentic -- are probably early Delcos.

Camera Index

C

1938

Serial number: on a label inside below sprocket wheels in the format 'nnnnnC' where nnnnnn is between 1000 and 19077.

The range 1000 - 19077 is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

Features:

  • 'F-S' switch below shutter cocking lever, ten shutter speeds in two concentric rings: 1000 - roughly 2800
  • No 'F-S' switch below shutter cocking lever, ten shutter speeds in single ring: roughly 2800 - 19077
Camera Index

C-2

1938 - 1942

Serial number: Either:


Ignore all but the nnnnn.

The range 19078 - 91945 is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

Ranges in the following table were adjusted based on comparisons of feature evolution and serial numbers in C-2s and C-3s.

APPROXIMATE Model C-2 Serial Number Ranges by Year of Manufacture
BeginEndYear
19078 23000 1938
23000 54000 1939
54000 71000 1940
71000 82000 1941
82000 91945 1942

Features:

Shutter speeds:

  • Ten, marked 5 through 300: 1938 - approximately 1941
  • Seven, marked 10 through 300: approximately 1941 - 1942

Shutter release:

  • 'Mushroom': 1938 - approximately late 1939
  • Cylindrical: approximately late 1939 - 1942

Lens Labeling:

  • f3.5 Argus 50mm: 1938 - approximately 1940
  • f3.5 - 50mm Argus Cintar: approximately 1940 - 1942

Lens Apertures:

  • 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 11, 18: 1939 - approximately 1940
  • 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.7, 18: approximately 1940 - 1942

On camera back:

  • No film reminder dial: 1938 - approximately 1940
  • Weston film reminder dial: approximately 1940 - 1942
Camera Index

C-3 (prewar)

1939 - 1942

Serial number: Either:


Ignore all but the nnnnn.

Published information that states that the prewar C-3 serial numbers run through 03690326 is not supported by survey data and probably a typo, but 0390326 is a possibility.

APPROXIMATE Model C-3 (prewar) Serial Number Ranges by Year of Manufacture
BeginEndYear
10001 17000 1939
17000 43000 1940
43000 69000 1941
69000 90000+ 1942

Features:

Shutter speeds:

  • Ten, marked 5 through 300: 1939 - approximately 1941
  • Seven, marked 10 through 300: approximately 1941 - 1942

On camera back:

  • No film reminder dial: 1939 - approximately 1940
  • Weston film reminder dial: approximately 1940 - 1942

Lens Apertures:

  • 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 11, 18: 1939 - approximately 1940
  • 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.7, 18: approximately 1940 - 1942
Camera Index

C-3 (postwar)

1945 - 1966

Serial number:

1945 - 1957: Stamped inside under the film plane in the format 'nnnnn...' where nnnnn is between 0nnnn and 1740000.

The endpoint 1740000 is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

The first cameras made when civilian production resumed in 1945 started with 0nnnn and proceeded upward from there to 1740000 in 1957. However, it appears that the first several thousand cameras that would have started from 100000 had the leading '1' omitted from the serial number, so they appear as a five-digit number between 00000 and around 12000.

If your camera has a five-digit serial number between 00000 and 12000 and it has the following set of features, its serial number is probably accurate and the camera was made in 1945 or early 1946:

  • an uncoated lens labeled 'f3.5 - 50mm ARGUS CINTAR'
  • aperture scale values (numbers marked on the front of the lens) of 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.7, 18
  • a silver shutter cocking lever

If your camera has a five-digit serial number between 00000 and 12000 and it has the following set of features, its serial number is probably missing the leading '1' (add 100000 to get the correct number) and the camera was made in late 1946 or early 1947:

  • a coated lens labeled 'f3.5 - 50mm ARGUS COATED CINTAR'
  • aperture scale values (numbers marked on the front of the lens) of 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16
  • a black shutter cocking lever

Thanks to Curtis Riddick for information that helped solve the riddle of the earliest postwar cameras.

Any camera with a coated lens (whether labeled as such or not) was probably made in July 1946 or later.

APPROXIMATE Model C-3 (1945 - 1957) Serial Number Ranges by Year of Manufacture
BeginEndYear
00001 100000 1945-1946
100000 225000 1947
225000 350000 1948
350000 475000 1949
475000 600000 1950
600000 720000 1951
720000 845000 1952
845000 960000 1953
960000 1134000 1954
1134000* 1465000* 1955
1465000** 1600820** 1956
1600821** 1740000 1957

* there is a large gap (100000+) in the database between 12nnnnn and 13nnnnn, suggesting an actual gap in serial numbers in that period. Inconsistencies in serial numbers are fairly common in Argus history.

** an Argus Product Service Department document dated May 1957 gives credible monthly ending serial numbers from January 1956 through April 1957, on which 1956 and 1957 values are based.

1958 - 1966: Stamped on the bottom of the camera body as a ten-digit number. For these cameras, the year of production is indicated by the fourth digit of the serial number; the quarter of that year (1-4) is indicated by the fifth digit of the serial number. So the format is 'nnnYQnnnnn'; a camera with serial number 1822199999 was made in the first quarter of 1962. This includes Golden Shield Match-Matics.

EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE: Survey data suggest that:

  • Match-Matics with serial numbers starting with 18218... were made in the first quarter of 1958.
  • Match-Matics with serial numbers starting with 18228... were made in the second quarter of 1958.
  • Match-Matics with serial numbers starting with 18437... simply don't fit the mold, but their features suggest they may be earlier cameras (1958 - early 1960s).
  • Standard C-3s with serial numbers starting with 19218... were made in the first quarter of 1958.

Serial Number 4th digit to year correspondence Standard C-3 and Match-Matic C-3 1958 - 1966
4th DigitYear
8 1958
9 1959
0 1960
1 1961
2 1962
3 1963
4 1964
5 1965
6 1966

Features:

(cameras before ten-digit serial numbers):

Lens coating: Uncoated before July 1946. Some coated lenses are labeled 'Coated Cintars', others don't have the 'Coated', so look closely.

Shutter speeds:

  • Seven speeds 10 - 300: 1945 - 1953
  • Five speeds, unevenly spaced: 1954
  • Five speeds, evenly spaced: 1954 - 1957

On the back:

  • Weston film reminder dial: 1945 - 1948
  • A.S.A film reminder dial: 1948 - 1954
  • Three strips of leatherette separated by chrome trim: 1954 - 1957
  • Solid leatherette: 1957

'Argus' badge on front below shutter cocking lever:

  • No badge: 1945 - 1950
  • Badge: 1950 - 1957
Camera Index

21

1947 - 1951

Serial number: Seven- to ten-digit number with leading zeros and occasionally an 'S' prefix. No more than five significant digits. Either:

  • Stamped on the bottom. The earliest and latest cameras have serial numbers here. Because the bottom is part of the back and is removed completely from the body to load and unload film, backs from one camera will fit another.
  • Stamped inside below the film opening near the film rails. Cameras in the middle of the range have serial numbers here.

Published ranges are inaccurate. Empirical data suggest range is between roughly 100 and 65000 (ignoring leading zeros).

APPROXIMATE Model 21 Serial Number Ranges by Year of Manufacture (ignore leading zeros)
BeginEndYear
100 13000 1947
13000 26000 1948
26000 39000 1949
39000 52000 1950
52000 65000 1951

Features:

  • Hinged gate over film takeup spool (inside camera): 1947 - 1948
  • no film loading gate 1948 - 1951
Camera Index

C-4

1951 - 1957

Serial number: Stamped on the bottom, one to four zero prefix. Six significant digits.

Because the bottom is part of the back and is removed completely from the body to load and unload film, backs from one camera will fit another.

The range 230000 - 530000 (ignoring leading zeros) is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

APPROXIMATE Model C-4 Serial Number Ranges by Year of Manufacture
BeginEndYear
0230000 0240000 1951
0240000 0270000 1952
0270000 0310000 1953
0310000 0360000 1954
0360000 0000410000 1955
0000410000 0000511175* 1956
0000511176* 0000530000 1957

* an Argus Product Service Department document dated May 1957 gives credible monthly ending serial numbers from January 1956 through April 1957, on which 1956 and 1957 values are based.

Features:

Wind Knobs:

  • Coarsely-fluted wind knobs: 1951 - 1952
  • Finely-fluted wind knobs: 1952 - 1957

Color-Matic markings (red AND yellow markings on aperture scale, rangefinder dial and shutter speed dial):

  • No Color-Matic markings: 1951 - 1953
  • Color-Matic markings: 1954 - 1957

Flash sync switch:

  • M/F: 1951 - 1954
  • M/X: 1954 - 1957

The elusive black C-4s have been seen with and without serial numbers. Serial numbers and features suggest 1952.

Camera Index

C-4R ('Rapidwind')

1958

Serial number: Stamped on the bottom, '160' prefix.

C4 transmission case numbers

Because the bottom is part of the back and is removed completely from the body to load and unload film, backs from one camera will fit another.

Camera Index

C-44

1956 - 1957

Serial number: Stamped on the bottom, '00440' prefix.

Because the bottom is part of the back and is removed completely from the body to load and unload film, backs from one camera will fit another.

The range 0044000000 - 0044085000 is per published information. Survey data so far support that but actual endpoints are unknown.

APPROXIMATE Model C-44 Serial Number Ranges by Year of Manufacture
BeginEndYear
0044000000 0044032269* 1956
0044032270* 0044085000 1957

* Per an Argus Product Service Department document dated May 1957, C-44s with serial numbers lower than 0044032270 were made in 1956, and those from 0044032270 on were made in 1957. It also notes that serial numbers between 0044020000 and 0044022266, originally produced in October 1956, were duplicated in December 1956 production.

Features:

Two variants of the front logo and film speed indicator exist. The earlier design has the shutter speed indication below the dial and the stylized 'lens and prism' logo below the Argus name. The later design has the speed dot above the dial, and no 'lens and prism' logo. This change appears around 1/3 of the way through the serial number range.

  • First style: 1956
  • Second style: 1956 - 1957
Camera Index

C-44R ('Rapidwind')

1958 - 1962

Serial number: Stamped on the bottom, '173' prefix. For these cameras, the year of production is indicated by the fourth digit of the serial number; the quarter of that year (1-4) is indicated by the fifth digit of the serial number. So the format is 'nnnYQnnnnn'; a camera with serial number 1732199999 was made in the first quarter of 1962.

Because the bottom is part of the back and is removed completely from the body to load and unload film, backs from one camera will fit another.

Serial Number 4th digit to year correspondence C-44R 1958 - 1962
4th DigitYear
8 1958
9 1959
0 1960
1 1961
2 1962

C-44Rs with highest known serial numbers have '3' as the fourth digit. Generally believed that no C-44Rs were made after 1962, but perhaps there was a batch made up from the remaining parts at the end of production.

Features:

Two distinct body styles were manufactured. The first is essentially identical to the C-44, with the rangefinder housing separate from the rewind knob and a dull painted silver finish to the top housing. The second style has a satin chrome finish to the top housing and the rangefinder housing extends to the edge of the camera so that the rewind knob (while retracted) is flush with the top of the housing.

  • First style: 1958 - late 1959
  • Second style: late 1959 - 1962 (63?)
Camera Index

A-four

1953 - 1956

Serial number: None -- date stamped inside in the bay where the film goes, in format YYMM, where YY is year (53 through 55, no known 56) and MM is month. Stamped in dark numbers on a black surface so hard to see under the best of conditions. Many cameras have no stamp but may have another two-digit number stamped, usually in a circle -- this is probably an inspector's code.

Features:

Three variants in features:

-- Earliest cameras (through January 1954) have:

  • no Colormatic markings for focusing.
  • Shutter speed 1/100, aperture f/8 and 15ft marking on the focus scale are in red. Shutter speed 1/25 is in green to indicate flash setting.
  • Shutter speed markings on the bottom of the shutter face are the same as appear on top of lens barrel.
  • The focus scale extends to 2.5 feet, and depth of field markings are present for apertures through f/16.

-- The second group (February 1954 through mid-1955) have:

  • Colormatic markings on the focus scale, a yellow and a red dot on either side of the 15ft marking.
  • Aperture f/8 is in red and there is a yellow dot between f/8 and f/5.6. Shutter speeds on the top of the lens barrel are all in white.
  • Shutter speed markings on the bottom of the shutter face are 'Flash' in green (1/25), 'Color' in yellow (1/50) and 'B & W' in red (1/100).
  • The focus scale extends to 2.5 feet, and depth of field markings are present for apertures through f/16.

-- The third group (mid-1955 through 1956) is like the second, but:

  • The focus scale extends to 2 feet, and depth of field markings are present for apertures through f/22.
Camera Index

C-twenty

1957 - 1959

C4 Case

Serial number: C-twentys have a ten-digit serial number stamped on the bottom. There are two formats: Earlier models begin with '020' (made in 1957 and perhaps 1958), later models begin with '140'. On the latter, the fourth digit tells what year they were made (8 = 1958, 9 = 1959).

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

Autronic C3, 35, I and II

Autronic C3: 1960

Autronic 35: 1960 - 62

C4 Transmission Case Numbers

Autronic I: 1962 - 1964

Autronic II: 1962 - 1965

Serial number: Stamped on the bottom of the camera body as a ten-digit number. For these cameras, the year of production is indicated by the fourth digit of the serial number; the quarter of that year (1-4) is indicated by the fifth digit of the serial number. So the format is 'nnnYQnnnnn'; a camera with serial number 2402199999 was made in the first quarter of 1962.

Serial Number 4th digit to year correspondence Autronics 1960 - 1965
4th DigitYear
0 1960
1 1961
2 1962
3 1963
4 1964
5 1965

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

Argoflex E

1940 - 1948

Thanks to Dan Cluley for survey information about the Argoflex E features.

Serial number: Six-digit number, stamped inside on the door, just above the hinge. Because production was split by WWII and precise ending production dates (prewar) and production resumption dates (postwar) are not known, it is very difficult to know where to split the serial numbers for the last prewar and first postwar cameras. Coated lenses begin around 820000 and the general reference for coated lenses beginning at Argus is July 1946.

Published ranges are inaccurate. Empirical data suggest range is between roughly 750000 and 910000+.

APPROXIMATE Argoflex E Serial Number Ranges by Year of Manufacture
BeginEndYear
750000 770000 1940
770000 790000 1941
790000 805000 1942
805000 815000 1945
815000 835000 1946
835000 865000 1947
865000 910000+ 1948

Features:

Last cameras made seem to have six-digit serial number starting with 9 and a larger viewing lens. Though the viewing lens is not marked as such, it is the f/3.5 lens intended for the Argoflex II. These are probably leftover parts from that model, being used up on other cameras.

  • Cameras with uncoated lens: 1940 - 1942, also maybe 1945, early 1946
  • Cameras with coated lens: 1946 - 1948
  • Cameras with second small knob on left side: 1940 - 1941
  • Cameras without second small knob on left side: 1942 - 1948
Camera Index

Argoflex EM

C4 Case Numbers

1948

Serial number: Ten-digit number, stamped inside on the door, just above the hinge. Often very hard to see. Published ranges are inaccurate.

Features:

C4 transmission case numbers

On earliest cameras, the raised trim that goes around at the top of the body and runs down the front under the taking lens is chrome. On later cameras it is black.

Some of the earliest cameras have a larger viewing lens. Though the viewing lens is not marked as such, it is the f/3.5 lens intended for the Argoflex II. These are probably leftover parts from that model, being used up on other cameras.

Camera Index

Argoflex EF

1948 - 1951

Serial number: Ten-digit number, stamped inside on the door, just above the hinge. Often very hard to see. Published ranges are inaccurate.

Features:

No known variants.

Camera Index

Model Argoflex / Argoflex 40 / Argus 40

1950 - 1954

Serial number: None -- some cameras have date stamped inside in the bay where the film goes, in format YYMM, where YY is year and MM is month.

Features:

There are two locations where these cameras are identified. One is on the metal trim plate on the top front of the camera, and the other is engraving found around the viewing lens. The earliest cameras, known as the 'Model Argoflex', have no logo on either the trim plate or around the lens. These are relatively rare. Next, the name 'Argoflex' appeared on the trim plate as well as on the trim around the lens. These seem to have been followed in short order by cameras with 'Argoflex' on the trim plate and 'Forty' on the lens trim, which lasted a few years until 'Argus' replaced 'Argoflex' on the trim plate. Variations exist within these combinations, however, so currently the metal trim plate is the most helpful feature.

Logo on top of metal front trim plate:

  • no logo: 1950
  • Argoflex: 1950 - 1953
  • Argus or Argus 40: 1953 - 1954
Camera Index

Argoflex 75 / Argus 75

1949 - 1964

Serial number: None -- some cameras date stamped inside in the bay where the film goes, in format YYMM, where YY is year and MM is month. Others have full date like 'November 10 1960'.

Survey results indicate the logo on the top of the front plate of the similar Argoflex 40 changed from 'Argoflex' to 'Argus' around 1953. Since the 75 was in production at the same time, it's reasonable to conclude that its logo also changed from 'Argoflex' to 'Argus' at the same time.

Features:

Logo above viewing lens:

  • Argoflex Seventy Five: 1949 - 1953?
  • Argus Seventy Five: 1953? - 1958
  • 75: 1958 - 1964

Body color:

  • Black: 1949 - 1958
  • Brown: 1958 - 1964
Camera Index

Argus Super 75

1954 - 1958

Serial number: None.

Features:

No known variants, except cameras labeled 'For School Use' are 1955 or later.

Camera Index