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Old 11-04-08, 18:05
Bruce MacMillan Bruce MacMillan is offline
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I think this topic applies to most military surplus, not just vehicles. Stens and brens are commanding high prices these days. My own interest is military radio equipment and some of the prices are getting ridiculous. The BC611 handie-talkie fetching $300 each now! SOE suitcase radios that sold for $100 in the 1970s are going for $3000.

Mike has mentioned one main cause of this and that is the re-enactor who just wants to play soldier and buy everything off the shelf. There is no desire to repair, maintain or get one's hands dirty. This increasing hobby and the finite quantity of goods only drives the prices up. Not that there is anything wrong with this as it indicates a widening public acceptance of things military.

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Old 13-04-08, 11:35
Richard Coutts-Smith Richard Coutts-Smith is offline
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Ians comments got me thinking about this age thing re. the MV Hobby. I'm surprised that Playstation 3 (or whoever) has not put out "Grand Military Restoration..2". Just think of the virtual barn finds, the gigabytes travelled, the selection of arguments available to persuade all concerned that you REALLY need (insert current goal here). There could even be websites to help find the cheatcodes and help out the newbies.......I think I'll stop there, starting to sound to realistic.
Special note to Ian. I'm a "Blitz man in a Jeep world"!. Bloody things are everywhere round here. Some people just have no taste....
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