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Vince Putt · 01-16-2005, 08:54 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

LUV2XCLR8 · 01-16-2005, 10:21 AM

OMG

**special-K** · 01-16-2005, 10:25 AM

He found 15 other nuts.It`d have be going in a prestine Duece.Kinda like a $1300 NOS truck door.I paid $325 back in`91(before repro explosion)for a NOS saddle steering wheel for a`72 K/20 CheyenneSuper CustomCamper w/tilt,tach,auto,posi,aux tank,tool&storage,wood floor,bumper-guards,a/c,am/fm all on VIN-spec.I figured it deserved it.Not so crazy if you have one of the nicest dueces on earth that could use a better steering wheel.I agree,that`s an aweful lot.Even his description says:$150-600.So,he`s gettin`more than he figured.That`s collectible auctioning.

Peregrine · 01-16-2005, 11:11 AM

No, he's not getting what he figured. The reserve isn't even met yet. This is just stupid.....

silvertonguedevil · 01-16-2005, 12:22 PM

I just recently sold one on ebay. Mine didn't have any of the mounting hardware or the horn cap and it had several cracks in it and I got $191.00 for it.

If someone doesn't want to go the aftermarket route, this would be about your only option. That thing is show-ready and it's original. I would never do it, but I can understand why someone would.

sdkid · 01-16-2005, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vince Putt

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

I'm not sure my entire pickup is worth that much...

ratrod67 · 01-16-2005, 02:46 PM

I just sold a factory wheel from a 69 Camaro. Not bad huh??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ME:B:EOAS:US:3

Vince Putt · 01-16-2005, 02:57 PM

Rat Rod Please Don't tell me you picked it up at the Arlington swap meet for $25. Congrats to you.
You need to be on Team Dallas on the Barrett-Jackson Car search

spencra · 01-16-2005, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratrod67

I just sold a factory wheel from a 69 Camaro. Not bad huh??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ME:B:EOAS:US:3

Not bad at all ratrod67. You can't blame the seller if people are willing to pay the price.

modifiedGMC · 01-16-2005, 09:38 PM

I have determined that something is worth what a person is willing to pay. I was looking for a throttle cable for my son's dirtbike once and found a new one on e-bay for starting price around $4. A new one at the dealer was $10.75. This one I found was a NOS cable still in the plastic and wound up going for $14 plus shipping!

c10chevy69 · 01-17-2005, 12:12 AM

Winning bid of $760 for a steering wheel. I guess that if you have money to throw away....

patrick66 · 01-17-2005, 10:54 AM

Nothing compares to the $900.00 BOLT (yes, a ^@$#%$-ing BOLT!!!) for a COPO Camaro shifter...NOS, of course(!) that went on the 'bay last month. No one can tell me that that BOLT is a COPO-specific application.

Why is it that stupid people generally have money to burn???

spencra · 01-17-2005, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrick66

Nothing compares to the $900.00 BOLT (yes, a ^@$#%$-ing BOLT!!!) for a COPO Camaro shifter...NOS, of course(!) that went on the 'bay last month. No one can tell me that that BOLT is a COPO-specific application.

Why is it that stupid people generally have money to burn???

Careful. Could be somebody on the board.

GreyHoundSteve · 01-17-2005, 11:16 AM

GOO! Thats and expensive steering wheel. I would have to wear gloves to drive that thing.

**'70_402** · 01-17-2005, 01:28 PM

i like my aftermarket stuff alot better anyways....

patrick66 · 01-17-2005, 01:55 PM

Spencra, if it's someone on the board, good, that person needs to be reminded they are stupid.

Porkchop · 01-17-2005, 02:20 PM

Classic cars and parts are not worth alot of money, there are just a few dumb people who don't care what outrageous amount of money they pay for something. So, they spend $1000 on a steering wheel and now everyone who happens to have a steering wheel even only remotely close to that one thinks it's worth $1000 and they try to sell it accordingly. See, these idiots drive up the price on parts and now the rest of us can't afford to buy them.

spencra · 01-17-2005, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by patrick66

Spencra, if it's someone on the board, good, that person needs to be reminded they are stupid.

At least somebody has the balls to take a potential flaming. I agree with you though, I spent less for both of my 67's and my bro-in-law gave me a 79 for free.

patrick66 · 01-17-2005, 06:52 PM

I have two big five-gallon buckets of bolts in my shop. Figuring that $900.00 bolt actually sold to some idiot with more $$$ than sense, I figure I can get about $2.7 million dollars on the 'bay with my two very large contaners of exceptionally rare automotive fasteners!

Who needs the lottery when there are suckers on eBay just dying to give up $900.00 for a "'rare bolt"??

A primo condition woody wheel is one thing - a bolt no one will ever see is quite another.

ratrod67 · 01-17-2005, 07:38 PM

Make fun all you want but I've sold some high dollar bolts myself. When someone is doing a restoration on a high dollar muscle car it's the small things like the correct markings on bolts that make it so valuable. For example a matching # 69 SS396 Chevelle is worth more if all parts are correctly date coded compared to another that was just pieced together with junk from Pep Boys. Not saying it's the bolts that make it either. There are lots of parts to think of(batteries, belts and hoses, glass, pullies and brackets, ect). Not everyone has the money or determination to completely restore a car #'s matching. May seem silly to some people but more power to them. Lots of people say a 509ci motor in a 71 Camaro is silly but it makes me happy. It's all in what makes you happy.

**special-K** · 01-17-2005, 07:59 PM

Like I said,"He`s getting more than he expected".Says reserve was met.Lets not bash people because they want something we can`t have,don`t want,or wouldn`t pay that much.Antiques & Collectibles go for what people will pay.There is no "real" book value.Consumer Reports doesn`t do write-ups.You can`t really do comparative shopping.If you see it,you have to buy it or pass,and hope you might see another one for less.I can`t see paying big money for a piece of hardware you can`t see,even by car show judges.Now,a steering wheel is right there in your face,you hold it,and control the vehicle with it.It truely adds to the driving experience.A repro steering wheel for our trucks runs in the $150 range+shipping.LMC gets $169+25=$194 for a run-of-the-mill truck steering wheel(repro).Grant & other aftermarket wheels go for what?You can buy those by the 100s.Put it in perspective.We`ll pay $6000-? for a truck that is relatively plentiful that cost $2500-4000 new 30+years ago.You won`t have to go far to find someone to call that crazy or idiotic.I guess anyone that`s willing to spend more than someone else is stupid.Like Vette owners,PebbleBeach cars,feature vehicles in magazines,or the nicest trucks on this site.Unless you own it.

woodrow59 · 01-17-2005, 09:02 PM

I love America !!!!!!! And Ebay (hopefully) is showing the world how a free enterprise system works. An item is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I wouldn't pay $760 bucks for a steering wheel but if someone does, more power to them !!!! They have used our countries freedom to make the money to afford such things . Stupid people don't have money to burn,,,,, Smart people have money to burn!!! (Dang it,,,wish I was smart !!!)

Super Duck · 01-17-2005, 09:02 PM

Those of you who have built clasics to #s are dedicated. I am trying and it is hard. I have a hard time paying some of these prices. But that is why my 67 is a custom daily driver and my Elky is a ground up "nice" resto. NOT completly #s.

patrick66 · 01-17-2005, 11:08 PM

That's why I'm smart and would never spend $900.00 on a bolt.

Oh, and special-K, the car the guy spent the $900.00 on the bolt for...are YOU or ME ever going to see this car at a show, or driving down the road. Not likely.

People are restoring Chevys and Fords and Mopars. Transportation modules in their day. Hardly the same as Duesenbergs, Auburns, Cords, Rolls-Royces, and the like. These were hand-crafted, often one-off works of art, literally! The musclecars, old trucks, and such are just that. Assembly-line built, 75-100 per hour, and the bolt holding the fender on a 250 Six-cylinder Camaro is the same bolt as is holding the fendeon a COPO Camaro. Anyone who pays $900.00 for a stupid Camaro shifter bolt hidden where no one will ever see is an idiot. Period.

Believe me, I don't bad-mouth or bemoan wealth; quite the contrary!, as I'm on my way to that part of life and will retain my anoynimity - fortune without the fame, so to speak. I'm just amazed at the ridiculous lengths people will go to to restore a car, then make sure no one ever sees it, and even then, pay outrageous prices for parts that aren't even date-coded and aren't seen by even the pickiest judge. Hey, if someone is smart enough to sell a bolt for $900.00 to someone stupid enough to pay it, more power to 'em!!! However, if the buyer would be so kind as to send me, oh, say, a thousand dollars, just because. No more ridiculous a reason than the $900.00 bolt, now, is it???

speesh · 01-18-2005, 04:33 PM

either an idiot or a genius who has found a way to make so much money that $900 is pocket change for him.........(or her...)
ebay is truly capitalism at its best!
how do I find out which bolts are worth so much? or what other parts?
I remember seeing a kleenex box for a 57 chevy that sold for $350....

01-16-2005, 08:54 AM	#1
Vince Putt Hippy Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kaska, pa Posts: 95	I know this is rare item. But this is nuts http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

01-16-2005, 10:21 AM	#2
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01-16-2005, 10:25 AM	#3
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	He found 15 other nuts.It`d have be going in a prestine Duece.Kinda like a $1300 NOS truck door.I paid $325 back in`91(before repro explosion)for a NOS saddle steering wheel for a`72 K/20 CheyenneSuper CustomCamper w/tilt,tach,auto,posi,aux tank,tool&storage,wood floor,bumper-guards,a/c,am/fm all on VIN-spec.I figured it deserved it.Not so crazy if you have one of the nicest dueces on earth that could use a better steering wheel.I agree,that`s an aweful lot.Even his description says:$150-600.So,he`s gettin`more than he figured.That`s collectible auctioning. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-16-2005, 11:11 AM	#4
Peregrine Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Louisville, Ky Posts: 329	No, he's not getting what he figured. The reserve isn't even met yet. This is just stupid..... __________________ Brian 72 C10 longbed 350/th400 Let the world change you and you will change the world.

01-16-2005, 12:22 PM	#5
silvertonguedevil Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Seaside, Oregon Posts: 1,789	I just recently sold one on ebay. Mine didn't have any of the mounting hardware or the horn cap and it had several cracks in it and I got $191.00 for it. If someone doesn't want to go the aftermarket route, this would be about your only option. That thing is show-ready and it's original. I would never do it, but I can understand why someone would. __________________ -Greg My Chevy trucks, past and present: 1962 C10 SB Fleetside 1964 C10 LB Fleetside BBW 1966 C10 SB Fleetside 1966 C10 SB Fleetside BBW 1968 C10 SB Fleetside 1971 C10 LB Fleetside 1971 C10 SB Fleetside 1972 C10 SB Fleetside Cheyenne 1972 C10 SB Fleetside Cheyenne Super 1972 C10 LB Fleetside Cheyenne Super 1974 C20 Cheyenne 1979 K5 Blazer Cheyenne 1982 K10 SB Fleetside Custom Deluxe 1982 K10 SB Fleetside Scottsdale 1986 C10 SB Fleetside Silverado 2008 Silverado 1500 4x4

01-16-2005, 02:46 PM	#7
ratrod67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 2,269	I just sold a factory wheel from a 69 Camaro. Not bad huh?? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ME:B:EOAS:US:3

01-16-2005, 02:57 PM	#8
Vince Putt Hippy Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kaska, pa Posts: 95	Rat Rod Please Don't tell me you picked it up at the Arlington swap meet for $25. Congrats to you. You need to be on Team Dallas on the Barrett-Jackson Car search

01-16-2005, 09:38 PM	#10
modifiedGMC Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Walker Co. Alabama Posts: 474	I have determined that something is worth what a person is willing to pay. I was looking for a throttle cable for my son's dirtbike once and found a new one on e-bay for starting price around $4. A new one at the dealer was $10.75. This one I found was a NOS cable still in the plastic and wound up going for $14 plus shipping!

01-17-2005, 12:12 AM	#11
c10chevy69 Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 205	Must be nuts Winning bid of $760 for a steering wheel. I guess that if you have money to throw away.... __________________ 1969 chevy C10 long bed 350 4bbl auto p/disc and 5 lug

01-17-2005, 10:54 AM	#12
patrick66 crazy about dem trucks! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 75	Nothing compares to the $900.00 BOLT (yes, a ^@$#%$-ing BOLT!!!) for a COPO Camaro shifter...NOS, of course(!) that went on the 'bay last month. No one can tell me that that BOLT is a COPO-specific application. Why is it that stupid people generally have money to burn??? __________________ patrick66 - '67 C-10

01-17-2005, 11:16 AM	#14
GreyHoundSteve Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DFW TX Posts: 769	GOO! Thats and expensive steering wheel. I would have to wear gloves to drive that thing.

01-17-2005, 01:28 PM	#15
'70_402 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Pampa, Texas Posts: 1,553	i like my aftermarket stuff alot better anyways.... __________________ https://www.ebay.com/itm/29620574751...mis&media=COPY

01-17-2005, 01:55 PM	#16
patrick66 crazy about dem trucks! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 75	Spencra, if it's someone on the board, good, that person needs to be reminded they are stupid. __________________ patrick66 - '67 C-10

01-17-2005, 02:20 PM	#17
Porkchop Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dowagiac, MI US Posts: 579	Classic cars and parts are not worth alot of money, there are just a few dumb people who don't care what outrageous amount of money they pay for something. So, they spend $1000 on a steering wheel and now everyone who happens to have a steering wheel even only remotely close to that one thinks it's worth $1000 and they try to sell it accordingly. See, these idiots drive up the price on parts and now the rest of us can't afford to buy them.

01-17-2005, 06:52 PM	#19
patrick66 crazy about dem trucks! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 75	I have two big five-gallon buckets of bolts in my shop. Figuring that $900.00 bolt actually sold to some idiot with more $$$ than sense, I figure I can get about $2.7 million dollars on the 'bay with my two very large contaners of exceptionally rare automotive fasteners! Who needs the lottery when there are suckers on eBay just dying to give up $900.00 for a "'rare bolt"?? A primo condition woody wheel is one thing - a bolt no one will ever see is quite another. __________________ patrick66 - '67 C-10



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01-17-2005, 07:38 PM	#20
ratrod67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 2,269	Make fun all you want but I've sold some high dollar bolts myself. When someone is doing a restoration on a high dollar muscle car it's the small things like the correct markings on bolts that make it so valuable. For example a matching # 69 SS396 Chevelle is worth more if all parts are correctly date coded compared to another that was just pieced together with junk from Pep Boys. Not saying it's the bolts that make it either. There are lots of parts to think of(batteries, belts and hoses, glass, pullies and brackets, ect). Not everyone has the money or determination to completely restore a car #'s matching. May seem silly to some people but more power to them. Lots of people say a 509ci motor in a 71 Camaro is silly but it makes me happy. It's all in what makes you happy.

01-17-2005, 07:59 PM	#21
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Like I said,"He`s getting more than he expected".Says reserve was met.Lets not bash people because they want something we can`t have,don`t want,or wouldn`t pay that much.Antiques & Collectibles go for what people will pay.There is no "real" book value.Consumer Reports doesn`t do write-ups.You can`t really do comparative shopping.If you see it,you have to buy it or pass,and hope you might see another one for less.I can`t see paying big money for a piece of hardware you can`t see,even by car show judges.Now,a steering wheel is right there in your face,you hold it,and control the vehicle with it.It truely adds to the driving experience.A repro steering wheel for our trucks runs in the $150 range+shipping.LMC gets $169+25=$194 for a run-of-the-mill truck steering wheel(repro).Grant & other aftermarket wheels go for what?You can buy those by the 100s.Put it in perspective.We`ll pay $6000-? for a truck that is relatively plentiful that cost $2500-4000 new 30+years ago.You won`t have to go far to find someone to call that crazy or idiotic.I guess anyone that`s willing to spend more than someone else is stupid.Like Vette owners,PebbleBeach cars,feature vehicles in magazines,or the nicest trucks on this site.Unless you own it. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 01-17-2005 at 08:04 PM.

01-17-2005, 09:02 PM	#22
woodrow59 OzarkHillbilly in Atlanta Join Date: May 2002 Location: Douglasville, Ga. Salem, Mo. Posts: 386	I love America !!!!!!! And Ebay (hopefully) is showing the world how a free enterprise system works. An item is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I wouldn't pay $760 bucks for a steering wheel but if someone does, more power to them !!!! They have used our countries freedom to make the money to afford such things . Stupid people don't have money to burn,,,,, Smart people have money to burn!!! (Dang it,,,wish I was smart !!!) __________________ 72 custom/10 LWB 68 Longhorn C20 Custom Camper (sold)

01-17-2005, 09:02 PM	#23
Super Duck Chevy Nuttttt Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Santa Maria Ca. Posts: 568	Those of you who have built clasics to #s are dedicated. I am trying and it is hard. I have a hard time paying some of these prices. But that is why my 67 is a custom daily driver and my Elky is a ground up "nice" resto. NOT completly #s. __________________ 67' Chev swb step side 69' SS elky 03' Chev ext cab 4X4 hey who lernt me to spell is there anything else?

01-17-2005, 11:08 PM	#24
patrick66 crazy about dem trucks! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 75	That's why I'm smart and would never spend $900.00 on a bolt. Oh, and special-K, the car the guy spent the $900.00 on the bolt for...are YOU or ME ever going to see this car at a show, or driving down the road. Not likely. People are restoring Chevys and Fords and Mopars. Transportation modules in their day. Hardly the same as Duesenbergs, Auburns, Cords, Rolls-Royces, and the like. These were hand-crafted, often one-off works of art, literally! The musclecars, old trucks, and such are just that. Assembly-line built, 75-100 per hour, and the bolt holding the fender on a 250 Six-cylinder Camaro is the same bolt as is holding the fendeon a COPO Camaro. Anyone who pays $900.00 for a stupid Camaro shifter bolt hidden where no one will ever see is an idiot. Period. Believe me, I don't bad-mouth or bemoan wealth; quite the contrary!, as I'm on my way to that part of life and will retain my anoynimity - fortune without the fame, so to speak. I'm just amazed at the ridiculous lengths people will go to to restore a car, then make sure no one ever sees it, and even then, pay outrageous prices for parts that aren't even date-coded and aren't seen by even the pickiest judge. Hey, if someone is smart enough to sell a bolt for $900.00 to someone stupid enough to pay it, more power to 'em!!! However, if the buyer would be so kind as to send me, oh, say, a thousand dollars, just because. No more ridiculous a reason than the $900.00 bolt, now, is it??? __________________ patrick66 - '67 C-10 Last edited by patrick66; 01-18-2005 at 05:23 PM.

01-18-2005, 04:33 PM	#25
speesh Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 318	either an idiot or a genius who has found a way to make so much money that $900 is pocket change for him.........(or her...) ebay is truly capitalism at its best! how do I find out which bolts are worth so much? or what other parts? I remember seeing a kleenex box for a 57 chevy that sold for $350.... __________________ 57 suburban(sitting in the driveway), 2 69 C20 longbeds (sitting in the field ) and a 2003 8.1 Suburban Endeavor to persevere. "All of a sudden, I'm the old timer!" Some old timer on American Pickers.

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