I don't look at Studebaker parts too often on eBay, but today I did. Lo and behold there was a NOS '53 Tri-Star horn button expiring in a little over an hour.
When I got my '53 Starliner in 1966 I bought a bunch of parts directly from the original SASCO (like grille surrounds for $22 each including postage). I ordered a Tri-Star horn button and they sent me a late '53- '55 (plain) button. When I complained, they said they had not had the Tri-Star in a long while and this was the authorized substitute (and they only had two of them left). So, over the years I bought several decent used ones, but never a great one. I kept watch for a NOS one, but never found one. Then several years ago Chuck Lampman put one on eBay. I got outbid at somewhere aroung $200. Chuck told me that it was the only NOS one he had ever seen.
So, I put in a snipe bid on the one listed thinking I'd get outbid for sure. I didn't want someone to steal it, but I had misgivings about spending a lot right now. Even as badly as I wanted one, I couldn't put a ridiculous bid on it. So, I was really surprised when I got the email saying I had won it for just over the bid that was showing when I first saw it on eBay. Must be the economy
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Paul Johnson, Wild and Wonderful West Virginia
When I got my '53 Starliner in 1966 I bought a bunch of parts directly from the original SASCO (like grille surrounds for $22 each including postage). I ordered a Tri-Star horn button and they sent me a late '53- '55 (plain) button. When I complained, they said they had not had the Tri-Star in a long while and this was the authorized substitute (and they only had two of them left). So, over the years I bought several decent used ones, but never a great one. I kept watch for a NOS one, but never found one. Then several years ago Chuck Lampman put one on eBay. I got outbid at somewhere aroung $200. Chuck told me that it was the only NOS one he had ever seen.
So, I put in a snipe bid on the one listed thinking I'd get outbid for sure. I didn't want someone to steal it, but I had misgivings about spending a lot right now. Even as badly as I wanted one, I couldn't put a ridiculous bid on it. So, I was really surprised when I got the email saying I had won it for just over the bid that was showing when I first saw it on eBay. Must be the economy
.Paul Johnson, Wild and Wonderful West Virginia
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