RE: [ihc] Presto dizzy on ebay

["John M. Adams" <jma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My thought was to pick it up if stays low, but I won't enter into any sort
of bidding war over it. And I see there are two bids on it now, so it may
already be set to go beyond what I'm willing to pay. Oh, well...   Thanks,
all for your responses, guys.

John A.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Stegmann [mailto:steve.stegmann@domain.elided]
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 6:02 AM
> To: John M. Adams; ihc-digest
> Subject: Re: [ihc] Presto dizzy on ebay
>
>
> If it's a Prestolite I wouldn't pay too much.  It's
> well worth $50 as a running unit, but watch out where
> the price goes when the auto-bid programs kick in.
> Unless you want to use it for a wall decoration.
>
> That list price is not what IH charged for it when it
> was new.  That's a current price for NOS.  IH is
> upping the prices on old stuff that has been laying
> around, and nobody is buying, so that when it get's
> scrapped, the holder can claim a bigger write-off.  I
> found this when looking for parts for my rebuild a
> couple years ago. Irritating but I see their point.
>
> Just get something with good bearings and put modern
> insides in it.  Or use points to trigger an MSD or
> something.
>
> Steve