Great story. I wish our Habitat Restore got that kind of thing in.
Estate sales can be great places to find nostalgia. My dad was at one about 20
years back & noticed something behind the check out that looked a bit like a
pepper mill. He asked what it was & the person said they didnâ??t know but
thought it was a kidâ??s toy. They sold it to him for $25 including the case.
It was a Curta calculator. Sold it on eBay for $900 they are going for over
$2000 now!
Peace,
Pat
Pat Horne
We support Habitat for Humanity
On Apr 18, 2022, at 5:05 PM, David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com> wrote:
The other day, I was at my local habitat restore, browsing tools. It's
very close to me, I pop in once a week or two, to look.
They clearly have gotten the estate of an old car guy, as various bits
of old test equipment and speciality automotive tools have been there
(when they get a bunch of stuff like that, they tend to parcel it out,
instead of putting it all out at once) over the last couple months.
The other day, there was a twenty something year old looking at a
tachometer/dwell engine analyzer. he asked if I knew what it was. I
attempted to explain. I'm pretty sure he had no idea what a
distributor was, and the idea of points baffled him. I'd said old
cars had them, he said 'like from the 80s?'.
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David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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