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Title: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: Dave Hull on October 27, 2018, 12:21:20 AM: I'm tempted, but can't afford it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Model-Airplane-Engine/253911586819?hash=item3b1e4f5803:g:ufIAAOSwTWZbjBQYI

I haven't figured out why it appears to have a spark plug, though....
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: peabody on October 27, 2018, 07:46:09 AM: Curious as to why you would think that?
Champion made glow plugs that looked like spark plugs...I imagine others did as well
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: Steve Lotz on October 27, 2018, 08:43:51 AM: Extremely silly price, though.
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: john e. holliday on October 27, 2018, 09:40:33 AM: Not to a collector. Looks like one of the first Fox 35's. D>K
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: don boka on October 27, 2018, 10:05:16 AM: May not be that old, three bolt back plate, six bolt head, later model needle valve and taller venturi with marking for second ( multi speed needle valve).
Don Boka.
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: Dan McEntee on October 27, 2018, 10:23:02 AM: Even worse is the green head Torp he as listed for more. Check his other items.
Dan McEntee
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: Jim Kraft on October 27, 2018, 02:13:33 PM: It is a 25, and who knows, he may just get it. I have seen some crazy things on the bay. If some one wants it for their collection, all bets are off. You do not see a lot of those old 25's, I think that is what he is counting on.
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: dennis lipsett on October 27, 2018, 02:33:28 PM: Quote from: Jim Kraft on October 27, 2018, 02:13:33 PM
It is a 25, and who knows, he may just get it. I have seen some crazy things on the bay. If some one wants it for their collection, all bets are off. You do not see a lot of those old 25's, I think that is what he is counting on.

Trouble with collectors is that they are rapidly diminishing. It may come to the day when no one wants your old lead anchor. Same as has happened to old ignition engines. You can't even donate them to the Smithsonian as I read that they have about 5/6 really great collections.
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: FLOYD CARTER on October 27, 2018, 03:49:58 PM: Engine collectors come and go. But as the older guys fade away, younger ones get interested. The same collections are passed from one generation to the next. Repair parts will become impossible to find, so the old engines will just sit on someone's shelf in display.
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: Dan McEntee on October 27, 2018, 07:15:09 PM: Along the lines of this thread, has you guys noticed what Norvel engines are going for on eBay? I have seem some auctions go well over 100 bucks. Are they not available anymore from NV on line anymore?
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: phil c on October 29, 2018, 06:38:44 PM: Quote from: Dan McEntee on October 27, 2018, 07:15:09 PM
Along the lines of this thread, has you guys noticed what Norvel engines are going for on eBay? I have seem some auctions go well over 100 bucks. Are they not available anymore from NV on line anymore?
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee
The website nvengines.com is still up and running. All but the 25cl are available at competitive prices. I haven't tried order one yet.
Title: Re: Engine deal too good to miss?
Post by: Dennis Leonhardi on October 30, 2018, 01:16:28 PM: Quote from: Steve Lotz on October 27, 2018, 08:43:51 AM
Extremely silly price, though.

Yeah, but it's a Fox!