Yes restoration of old Zeiss Standard microscopes have become part of my hobby.

I love the old Zeiss Standard System because there is a very large used parts market, so you can get everything inclunding DIC components. And most components are interchangeable within the Standard System, so it fits the inverse microscope, the Universal, the WL's/'RA...The pieces from the old black microscopes fit also to the newer grey one.
Often I bought just a microscope because of one piece of equipment & then re-sold the rest.
I feel so much co-incidence with Steve Beats report below:
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/ind ... zeiss.html
Meanwhile I have two of this Zeiss IM35 microscopes
