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Received my Spare Parts Box from Gordon Herigstad, and I have to say, it's truly impressive! Made of quite heavy metal, and is exact in every detail to an original. Box appears to be unmarked. Came packaged in a light brown carton with a Thompson Sticker at one end, and the Box which was contained inside was carefully wrapped in brown paper. Overall, certainly worth the money paid. Something that would be a beautiful addition to any growning Thompson Collection. There was also a paper located within the Metal Box telling of the proper contents!

 

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I agree with you a 100% lionheart. I got mine today, I'm still comparing it with my original to see if I can spot any differences. If there are any they must be hidden very well. I hope there are some, so collectors can tell the original from the repro. These could cause lots of trouble. I think I have picked up on a couple of things. But it could be something unique to my original spare parts box.

 

 

It is truly worth the money for such a quality item.

 

Steve

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I was looking at the content list. I'm a little afraid to ask, but what's a thong?
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The thong is the piece of waxed string attached to the brass weight on one end and the bristle bore brush on the other end. Look in Hill's book or Cox's book and you will see the "thong".

 

Yes this box is an exact duplicate (looks like Worchester Pressed Steel is back in business). Not a fairly-close cheap copy like the canvas cases that IMA is selling. Maybe Gordon can find a manufacturer in the US to do the canvas cases correctly.

 

I don't see how these boxes can create any trouble to the collectors who have original boxes. These duplicates in no way make the original any less original. The satisfaction of owning an original should not be diminished by the fact that most collectors will now own a duplicate. After all, how many original boxes have been offered for sale in the last 5 years. Collectors simply do not want to part with them. Now if we start seeing "original" boxes for sale on e-bay and elsewhere just ignore them. We know that the owners of the originals will not sell them so we can safely assume that these advertised boxes are the duplicates. Simple as that.

 

On the other hand I have seen a few original canvas spare parts kits for sale in the last five years. They were expensive but at least a fellow collector had the opportunity to acquire one. I'll bet you won't see any more of them for sale for a long time as they are now the rarest Thompson accessory again.

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No......we're keeping her here for a few more days. Thanks. Didn't I see her out at the 500 qualifications the other day? http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif
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Sorry, just can't see forking over $275 for a new little tin box. I don't see why it was so expensive to produce. Sounds to me like some money is being made by someone! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/dry.gif

 

Mike Hammer

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The tooling costs thousands and thousands of dollars to set something like this up. One other forum member already looked into that a few years ago. The prices charged are to recoup the investment. Even at $250-275, it may be a while before that's done. Might be cheaper to do in China, but you got to set that up over there.

 

I'm cheap by nature and won't/can't bring myself to play this hand. I still choke on paying more than $250 for an "L" drum (which is what they were at Knob Creek just a few years ago). I'm still hoping to find an original box at a garage sale for $5 or for a buddy to give me one. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif Besides, I'm saving for a Reising. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/unsure.gif

 

Farbe it for me to judge anyone making them and asking that much and farbe it for me to judge someone for paying that much for something that makes them happy.

 

My wife, on the other hand, would kill me for spending $2500 for an original box or $250 for a repro box, so it's a moot point anyway.

 

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While some may find these a bit pricey at first, they will most certainly be tomorrows collectibles. We also need to thank Doug Richardson for his particpation in the project, as he had done the Engineering on these.
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Now I would buy one of Greg Fox's Thompson cases (after I buy my Reising) http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Then I'll need a case for the Reising
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Is it real or is it memorx. Yes the spare parts box looks great . And for most of us who do not have a real one it is a chance to own a piece of Thompson history . According to Roger Cox's 1977 sales add he calls it the rarest accessory . And at $275 a real steal or is it ???. To night I spoke to a fellow collector who just got his and the sad point is, he also has a mint original one . He said they look the same a very slight differance in the finish on the inside .

In my opion Gordon should have put a mark , stamp, letter or somthing to let it be known that is a reproduction because that is what it is and that is OK. But next month or next year some one will try to pass it of as the real deal . So how would feel if had an original you thought was worth big bucks and then these came along.

And by the way I have a repro M1 Thompson and I have never tried to pass it off as a prototype ,one of a kind or otherwise. The guy I bought it from sold it to me as one of four very rare etc . It was my 1st Thompson he never said reproduction . But he did say {Chasen} and that it what it is. I always have it on dispay in Ohio so please stop and tahe a look at it.

Ron I thnk it is a sad day for true collectors when things like this happen.

Chuck

 

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Chuck,

Your point is well taken. GH should have stamped his moniker somewhere on the box cause as sure as god made little green apples some benighted putz at a gun show will indeed pass it off as the real McCoy. But I guess it is a nice accessory to put in a replica Police/FBI case, along with the replica brass rod, replica Cutts, replica wood, and replica receiver. As Ron says, 20-years from now it will all be FUBAR anyway.

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Ron that is my point If you have somthing that 20 people want. And there is one or two that come up for sale every year or two so what. In my book it's great for the person who has it in his collection and sad for the guy who does not but that is life. In my book that is what collecting is all about

 

No matter how I look at it it should be marked in some fashion if not it diminishes what collecting is all about.

Chuck

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If you duplicate currency, it is called forgery. If you precisely duplicate a spare parts box, is it a replica or is it forgery ??

 

A small size change, or a dated stamp would have been the ethical way to manufacture the boxes.

 

Tommygun

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I don’t know Old Gordon, but if I were he, I would have done one VERY simple thing. I would have put serial numbers on each and every box and limited the production to around 500. When those were sold, that would be it. Just like he did his Colt book.

 

You run into the same thing when it comes to reproduced barrels and other unmarked "COLT" parts. Big problem for collectors.

 

As you folks know, I would not pay any extra for the word colt. These little tin boxes are worth what a buyer will pay for them. Original or not, to me I would not pay $5.00 for one. But that’s me. Colt collectors are in a class by themselves and always have been. I have respect for this and even understand it to a certain degree.

 

You guys are right, there will be some greasy low life at a gun show pass a reproduction tin Gordo box off as an original and a buyer will get screwed. It will happen. That’s not Gordon's fault, that's the greasy gun show pricks fault. Gordon could have helped to prevent it, but you can’t blame him for following his hobby and dream.

 

I am sure that the cost to reproduce this tin box cost a lot of money, don't get me wrong, but you have to admit this man was following a hobby and passion and is NOT out to make any real money.

 

Who originally manufactured the "ORIGINAL" tin spare parts box?

 

Jr

 

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