Charging Switchboard - EBAY - Not mine

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Tim Bell

Not mine and I have no connection with the seller

Likely only good for spare parts for restoration of another unit at best as looks like it has been dug up.

Ebay Italy.

Item - 234187622805

Enjoy

Tim

"Enjoy" is very definitely not the word I'd use in conjunction with that piece of junk.

I'd doubt that there are any usable parts on it, and the corrosion has almost certainly eaten the springs. Even if it hasn't, you would need to reproduce the switchboard (one corner is broken off) complete with engraved lettering (because I suspect it's starting to delaminate from its burial) and swap all the metal bits over.

The shipping cost is a joke, and the offer price is an insult (IMAO).

Chris.

[Tim Bell]

That said... here on LWD website is a nos front panel

https://www.lwdparts.com/product/swi...o-c5-canadian/

Tim

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Tim Bell

That said... here on LWD website is a nos front panel

https://www.lwdparts.com/product/swi...o-c5-canadian/

Tim

OK, that at least is in reasonable condition - but the price (unless you have a smashed one that you need to replace) is still eye-watering. 75 Euros and with VAT at 20% plus shipping and import duty...

...I think I'll pass on that one.

(Carefully hiding the boxed British one and the spider-infested used one in the cupboard.)

The only sensible think you could do with the eBay example is to find out where the seller dug it up and give it a decent burial - preferably on top of an antipersonnel mine for when they come back after you've left and dig it up again for resale.

My problem is that I remember the original disposal prices from the 1970s.

(Those Power Distribution boards (No.8) from the Larkspur era were under £5 new and boxed - nobody wanted them because they were too big for a Land Rover (being intended for the Humber Pig and larger vehicles) - then they turned up on eBay at £250 from some comedian! They've slipped down in price since and are around £30 - £50 which is a bit more reasonable. (Still too big for most purposes though, and the terminal strip on the front is an accident waiting to happen to the first conductive object.))

Chris.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Chris Suslowicz

The only sensible think you could do with the eBay example is to find out where the seller dug it up and give it a decent burial - preferably on top of an antipersonnel mine for when they come back after you've left and dig it up again for resale.

Tim, thanks for posting the link anyway. To me it also seems quite steep for just a few salvagable parts....but know knows, maybe I will regret not purchasing it in a few years!

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by Chris Suslowicz

OK, that at least is in reasonable condition - but the price (unless you have a smashed one that you need to replace) is still eye-watering. 75 Euros and with VAT at 20% plus shipping and import duty...

...I think I'll pass on that one.

(Carefully hiding the boxed British one and the spider-infested used one in the cupboard.)

The only sensible think you could do with the eBay example is to find out where the seller dug it up and give it a decent burial - preferably on top of an antipersonnel mine for when they come back after you've left and dig it up again for resale.

My problem is that I remember the original disposal prices from the 1970s.

(Those Power Distribution boards (No.8) from the Larkspur era were under £5 new and boxed - nobody wanted them because they were too big for a Land Rover (being intended for the Humber Pig and larger vehicles) - then they turned up on eBay at £250 from some comedian! They've slipped down in price since and are around £30 - £50 which is a bit more reasonable. (Still too big for most purposes though, and the terminal strip on the front is an accident waiting to happen to the first conductive object.))

Chris.

Often the aspired price is very different from what they will accept.

If dug up, then it likely cost them nothing... so an offer somewhere just above nothing would be my start point if desperate for some parts.

I didnt have a budget to shop with in the 1970s, or much in the 80s, however have been lucky over the years with the odd bit.

I guess it depends how much someone needs one and when they last saw any parts for sale.

I have a nice minty one on the shelf waiting for installation one day, so none of the parts are of interest to me.

Sherman Firefly bits however would be a different matter

Tim

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

For the record, this is the item we're talking about.

To prove it 'can' be done, next two pics are the British switchboard I restored. It was weathered but not nearly as rough as the ebay one.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

I'll throw these up too. First is as recovered and second after my clean-up. What I found odd is that the wire was solid copper vinyl coated similar to modern house wiring and not rubber/fabric that I would have expected. I see the ebay one is the same.

[Jordan Baker]

Nice job Bruce. My charging board also has the solid copper vinyl coated wire. To replicate one of these the switches would be the challenge. I have yet to come across anything close. Oh and a huge supply of nickel plated nuts and washers.

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

For the record, this is the item we're talking about.

To prove it 'can' be done, next two pics are the British switchboard I restored. It was weathered but not nearly as rough as the ebay one.

Excellent work!

Tim

[Grant Bowker]

Like Bruce's British switchboard, my Canadian one has solid wire (not stranded)