my linhof 220

very interesting! tell us more about it ... so you just took the back and lens off the linhof and designed a new body?

I used the linhof body but i cut the top off that held the range/viewfinder.

Interesting. Have you seen the wooden prototype for the more common vertical 220 with the pistol grip in _The Linhof Story_? They clearly designed that camera to look like a broadcast microphone of that era.

Ok, so this link is the "before" version? http://www.geocities.com/antjam65/Linhof220.html

yes that is the before version. I took the handle off and put a bogen quick release plate instead. Cut the viefinder housing off and made a new top piece. Re worked the guts to accept the wining knob from a roll film back. installed a copal press shutter and mamiya viewfinder and painted it and made a new cover were the winder used to be out of oak.