Irvine .20 and .40 RC engines, Deal or no deal?

[frank mccune]

    Hi All:

    My LHS has these engines left over from being new, they have been in the show case since the late 70's and are NIB.  He is asking for $100.00 for the .20 and $125.00 for the 40.  Are these a deal?  What should I offer him? These are to be used as Stunt/Sport engines.

                                                                                                                                          Tia,

                                                                                                                                           Frank McCune

[JoeJust]

Both very good engines. However, the prices are WAY TOO HIGH!  In the 80's and 90's I imported a bunch of Irvings through "Just Engines" in England. (BTW No relation to me, simply a company name as all they sold were engines)  If your LHS has had them on display for 30+years he should make a better offer. Offer him $100 for the pair. My opinion only.
Joe

[proparc]

$150 ABSOLUTE MAX for the pair. 

[Motorman]

Irvine is a real crap shoot on the quality IMHO. When Tower carried Irvine we bought a bunch of them and parts. They were all inferior to the engines sold in England and some were real junk slapped together from the leavings on the factory floor. I finally got hooked up with a dealer in England (who ripped me off) and got enough good parts to make one work. 

For those prices you could get a nice Brodak 40.

MM