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Author Topic: Projector Parts Mike Fitzgerald Expert Film Handler Posts: 224 From: Castle Hayne, NC, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-22-2002 09:40 PM                     I found a source for many many projector parts. I was at his place today and will post a couple of the pictures that I took. I found everything from Brenkerts laying outside to Motiograph proj and sound head. Also all kinds of Simplex all models and lamphouses. His name is Martin Hill Associates in Midland NC. phone number is 704-455-8512. you can talk to either Matin Hill or his assistant Hank Rhodes. Martin is a very friendly man and you can spend hours looking over all of the things he has there. If anyone wishes I will be glad to discuss what I found there just send me a email  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-23-2002 12:38 AM                     Wow! Brenkert parts laying outside? I hope someone buys them before they get ruined.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-23-2002 12:43 AM                        I wish I had a pair of BX-80's of my own. Midland, NC is just too far from Midland, ON for me to travel (or pay to have shipped).  |  IP: Logged Bernard Tonks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-23-2002 04:29 AM                     What an Aladdin’s cave. The Western Electric Universal Base is the model Scott Norwood mentioned in the thread ‘How Old Is Your Oldest Projector? quote: Last week, I ran film at a theatre which opened in 1938 and is still using their original Enarc lamps and Western Electric soundheads/bases (the ones with the gearing for Vitaphone turntables). Perhaps I should contact Martin Hill and request some pictures for The Projected Picture Trust in the UK.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2002 06:22 AM                     Boy I see a MP30 double head machine sitting there in the first photo  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2002 06:49 AM                        Yup, that's the same model base as one theatre I know of is still using. They don't have the turntables, however. They are a bit cumbersome to thread, but it is difficult to argue with the reliability. (And if anyone has successfully managed to retrofit these with stereo solar cells, I know that the theatre owner would be interested.)  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 11-23-2002 08:54 AM                     Martin Hill has been around for eons purchasing photo and cinema equipment and is a fair "wheel and deal" trader. He has a website which is being upgraded. www.martinhill.com He is the largest owner of Mitchell BNC / BNCR studio cameras + accessories and has rarieties such as Fox Noiseless camera and 70mm studio cameras...a museum and a resource.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2002 09:55 AM                     Been there, spent way too much money........... Mark  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 11-23-2002 10:11 AM                    Egad man, hard to get too wound up about Brenkerts when there's such things as an elephant eared VistaVision camera, a 3-strip converted Technirama camera (with 2K magazine and Delrama anamorph), a portable Super Panavision 65mm camera (model HH) with underwater housing and 17mm super wide angle lens (from Ice Station Zebra), an AC (like an FC), and PSR bodies galore. Not that these are necessarily still there.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 11-23-2002 02:22 PM                     I need to give this guy a call. How far is Midland NC from Charlotte? I am 100 miles from Charlotte. Bruce  |  IP: Logged Mike Fitzgerald Expert Film Handler Posts: 224 From: Castle Hayne, NC, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-23-2002 03:22 PM                     He is just on the outskirts of Charlotte right of 601  |  IP: Logged Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 11-23-2002 06:36 PM                     I don't know how to get his web page to work or use it other than clicking on what is at the top of the page.  |  IP: Logged

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