
Spare Parts Box
#1
Posted 24 May 2004 - 02:40 PM
#2
Posted 24 May 2004 - 06:08 PM
It is truly worth the money for such a quality item.
Steve
#3
Posted 24 May 2004 - 06:20 PM
Good looking boxes! Looks like a good buy!
#4
Posted 24 May 2004 - 07:33 PM

Thanks,
Al
#5
Posted 24 May 2004 - 08:19 PM
#6
Posted 24 May 2004 - 08:24 PM
NOT something the guys want to see at the beach.
#7
Posted 24 May 2004 - 08:33 PM




#8
Posted 24 May 2004 - 08:40 PM
I can not post a better pic of the brush and thong right now.
#9
Posted 24 May 2004 - 08:46 PM
Bill
#10
Posted 24 May 2004 - 09:09 PM
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.
#11
Posted 24 May 2004 - 10:14 PM
#12
Posted 24 May 2004 - 10:30 PM

#13
Posted 24 May 2004 - 11:15 PM
#14
Posted 24 May 2004 - 11:19 PM
#15
Posted 25 May 2004 - 09:45 AM

Mike Hammer
#16
Posted 25 May 2004 - 11:29 AM
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.




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.
#17
Posted 25 May 2004 - 12:32 PM
#18
Posted 25 May 2004 - 03:49 PM
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Posted 25 May 2004 - 05:31 PM
#20
Posted 25 May 2004 - 07:55 PM
