WOW, somebody gots us pegged??

[John(videodoc)]

Did you all see this on ebay?? look at that price! Glad no one got it, that wouold just drive the price up on other stuff.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting

[John(videodoc)]

boy, at that price, i hope they stay on ebay a looooong time.

[sviennadan]

I have looked Wenger's before for parts and such. Never ordered anything from them though. Too darned expensive.

[Rudi]

Yup,

I have seen this particular pair on eBay about 3 or 4 times since last September or October. At his starting price it will stay for awhile. Sometimes people ask really outrageous prices for things.

But, they sure are nice



I was looking at an old McClary Easy wood kitchen stove - the guy had converted it to gas (destroying it's value) and his opening bid was $1500.00Cdn.... I think he was a bit out to lunch so he got no takers at all.

[Paul B]

They have been sold on eBay for several years, but maybe not by the same person, and when I first saw them the buy it now price was about $90-$100. As long as they have been sold/offered, kinda makes me wonder how original they are.

[Cub-Bud]

Original or not, they are not worth that price.

[BOB K.]

They are being sold by 1 of the owners of wenger. Loyd Wenger who runs the construction part has a large colection of this stuff. I am pretty sure its him. If you go on wengers.com there is a link to colector section. It list all kinds of old equipment books, poster and so on. He has alot of nice stuff.

[Tractor Tom]

Watching some of the Ebay stuff just makes me shake my head, but I won't get to smug, I have been burned on Ebay before and probably will again. Recently, I sent a personal e-mail to a couple of guys bidding on the serial tags you can buy several places for about $23. The bidding was up to over $60 and still going if I recall. I know you guys might not agree with me but I felt I should tell them spend your money anyway you want but those tags are reproductions and are available from several sources. Both guys thanked me, they were the 2nd and 3rd bidders, I didn't wreck the deal for the seller, just maybe cut into his profit.

[Rudi]

Tom:

There was a guy selling OEM Catalogs on eBay .. starting price $24.00US. I sort of sent an email to OEM and then they sent one to eBay along with my note to eBay. The item was removed and is not allowed on eBay again.. The darn thing is free amd some guy was trying to sell it.

I did the same thing for the gas caps, which you can get from Navistar. Seems a couple of the guys on the forum here did the same thing and one actually posted the jpg of the form on eBay and told everybody to download it

Do what you think is right. Most everybody will agree with what you did, I sure do

['Country' Elliott]

Lloyd Wenger IS Wenger's in Pennsylvania! I have watched these 2 styled IH posters for years on Ebay when the original starting bids were $50.00 to $75.00 each! I believe that he came across a cashe of several of these original IH Cub posters...and I believe that they are all authentic!

It's not unusual for someone to buy an old IH dealership, and uncover a treasure-trove of IH stuff. A guy in California, about 6 or 7 years ago did just that. He found a bunch of authentic McCormick-Deering watch fobs(still packed in their original glassine envelopes) I still have mine ...some BIG IH tractor cut-away tractor posters (I bought one of the "M's") and a bunch of Cub pencils, IH pens and pencils. SO...it DOES HAPPEN every now and then. It's like anything else...KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUYING BEFORE YOU BUY IT!

[beaconlight]

When i first got my Low Boy I bought a Rock shaft from wengers. At the time I didn't know any better.. With what I have learned since I am embarased to mention the price. At the time not knowing better I was darn glad to get the part. Go figure.

Bill

[allenlook]

I see there's some of the new style gas caps for sale on eBay, aren't they free?

[Rudi]

Allen:

Yes they are free

However, like the guy that was selling OEM's Free catalog, there is always somebody trying to make a killing on stuff. Remember the post where somebody said he tried to get a cap for his tractor but Anthony Wayne services said that 3 caps had already be sent for that serial number to opposite ends of the country. I am not sure if it was here or on another forum, but I do remember reading that in the last few weeks.

That is probably how all these caps are ending up on ebay unless they are from an on-line CaseIH Dealer.

It might be time for whoever it was to post the order form on eBay again.

[Mac from NS]

maybe we should send pictures of the seral #

[beaconlight]

I was up the country for a few days. Sunday morning after church I went to East Merideth NY to an antique engine show at Hansmons Mill Museum. It is an old water powered mill. They used set in tooth saw blades that had to be over 40 inch on diameter. They had water powered planers. cut off saws, molding shapers as well as lathes and other tools. Seems as if in the winter they had to shut down because of ice and in the summer because of lack of enough water so a steam boiler and 2 steam engines were installed to supply power using slab wood for a heat sourse.
Any way there wer a number of hit and miss engines as well as a number of steam engines, old fire trucks, a 1921 ford truck and 2 cubs. The old timer withe the cubs is not on the internet. His implements were the proper Blue but his cultivators were strange. The rears and left side fronts were spring tooth. The right fronts were shovel type. That is the way he bought them second handed and thathat is the way he used to work them. He said they woked well for him. I told him about the cap deal and he was interested for he had gas spill at times. I will print up the form for him and mail it to him.

Bill