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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 09:36 AM
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Maybe if they're selling to the government?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-...Q5fAccessories
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 10:01 AM
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I imagine that it's a fairly rare part given the years and models. NOS too. Still, stupid money. I guess it can't hurt to ask for it though.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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I have been digging through old junk that I have saved and I really need to start ebaying some of this stuff.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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Roger...

When you dig around to find that stuff, estimate a 'reasonable' price for each item, then multiply that by 100 [at least]. If the eBay price isn't totally out of reason, it won't get any attention.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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Corvette Central sells one for $110... assume it's a repro..
Raises the question of how much is NOS worth? Will a repro or NOS solenoid really have that much effect on how the car is judged?
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 11:30 AM
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The TCS solenoid is worth a whopping 4 points (out of 4500) for originality in judging and I bet very few judges could pick out any differences between a real one and a repro, if there actually is any.

Who's to say that this solenoid is actually identical to an original and that it actually came out of the box in the picture?
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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
The TCS solenoid is worth a whopping 4 points (out of 4500) for originality in judging and I bet very few judges could pick out any differences between a real one and a repro, if there actually is any.

Who's to say that this solenoid is actually identical to an original and that it actually came out of the box in the picture?
Hmmmm beginning to sound like a matching numbers discussion... how do we know it's authentic?
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by BBCorv70
Maybe if they're selling to the government?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-...Q5fAccessories
He's also selling 16k$ beer can.
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That's way toooo much money for that.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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Yea, but you are only paying 7.95 shipping on a 1 g part. That is a great deal
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Go on that fleabay site and check out the guys other items. He has my air cleaner for $995. Gee, I'll sell mine for $500. I think he might be smokin' those funny cigarettes.
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I could get an original one for much less if I needed one...
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