$1500 (the reserve) but there was only the one bidder, no bidding war. Cool scoop, but not quite that cool. Marcy
I'm also usually on the su****ious side when I'm watching auctions, but the guy has bought other Holman Moody stuff so maybe he just had to have it. Marcy
Shill? Why would he shill the ONLY bid on a $1500 scoop just to pay the comission. Sure if he could drive up ANOTHER bidders price, but the ONLY bid?
holman and moody are still very much in business, check Charlotte nc phone book they moved from the airport location after the airport took it and are now in the southern part of charlotte. I know many of there previous employees. as for the gt40 holman and moody did most of the building of those cars, I even know of the person that has all the ford blue prints and drawings and is building a few now for a collector. He is one of the early fabricators from holman and his dad also worked there. Pete taylor was the first employee there and still lives in charlotte biulding engines daily in he 70s . Good luck with your part if you don't sell it sit it out so everyone can see and maybe remember one of the greats
As for "not quite that cool", well, very few of these were made and if you were restoring a H/M boat (especially one with a story), sometimes you have to pay the piper. It was worth it to HIM and not only did he bid the $1500, he came back in with a higher bid to insure a win. Would you or I buy one for $1500,,, hell no,,, but then again, I also can't afford a steel willys or a steel duece,, or a,,,,,
Well said. For the right person, anything can be worth a high price that most of us can not justify. When I first saw the $1500 that he one got on ebay, I planned on having it up for auction tonight!!!, but I'm gonna think about it. Not often that we aquire very rare vintage parts with history. This part was somewhere ontop of a *****in motor on a *****in boat. Besides how many are out there that would or could spend that much? The flip side is if I could get that much, it would fund finishng my 36 ford pickup..... Thanks for all the posts and info. JJ
Boats are usually required to use flame arrestors and often they looked like this piece does. They weren't meant to act as an air filter but to prevent a backfire from igniting fumes in the engine compartment. Back then many smaller boats had open engines and just like today there was a market for dress up items such as this. Very neat piece.
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