"Ricoh" Singlex TLS

Telecolor 3007

I love old stuff
Found out for sale in Romania a "Ricoh" Singlex TLS: http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ricoh/ricoh_singlex_tls/ricoh_singlex_tls.htm
What do you know about this camera? What are those automatic lenses (well, M42 was a common mount in Eastern Europe).
The shutter is completly mechanical, no?
The camera for sale is this: http://olx.ro/oferta/ricoh-singlex-...n-55mm-f2-8-m42-filet-ID32ZgF.html#2bd48cf118 Since an U.S. Dollar is about 4 Lei ("Lyons"), the camera would be around 34.25 Dollars without transporation cost (which is about I think is about 15-20 Lei). Usually I do like to test stuff, but Iaşi is far away from Bucharest and the trip would be more costly then the camera (if it would have been a city like Ploieşti, Giurgiu or Piteşti the trip wouldn't have costed more then 30-40 lei in total).
I'm a "Minolta" fan, I dream of a complete mechanical one... but this "Ricoh" looks nice and I want something from the '60's. "Minolta" are the most cheap Japanese S.L.R. cameras for the sale on the Romanian internet ("Canon" and "Nikon"...).
 
I have no information on this but my dad had (has?) a Ricoh SLR. Think his used Nikon lenses though. Don't really know if it was any good or not, I was never that much into photography.
 
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A decent camera, with a Copal shutter, so, assuming that no one has poked their fingers through the metal blades, probably pretty reliable. But if the pictures posted are the camera itself, clearly it is damaged, which may or may not affect function, but should diminish value.
Some of the later Ricohs were built down to a price point and the wind function parts wear out very rapidly, but my experience with this series is that its fairly stoutly built.
 
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