DAMN! It's been over two years that this machine surfaced, and struck up a whole spool of thread in comments.
Now we get to enjoy, perhaps some more feedback. Well, my two cents, for whatever it is worth, is: Yes, the
price has been lowered, but still out-of-line for what it is. At least this time, he has added all the different
serial numbers, of this obviously criss-crossed configuration. But that still means nothing to the uneducated
newbie in the hobby. All the rest of the BS is still in place, including the very first line. And there's that most
famous of all misused words "RARE" again.
This posting could be very simply stated as: "AN EARLY ORIGINAL OPERATOR REVAMP, OF AN OPERATOR BELL &
LION HEAD CONFIGURATION". "WAS DONE BACK-IN-THE-DAY WHEN NO-ONE CARED", and let it go at that. There
may even be a real collector out there that wants a small piece of history like this, but more in the neighborhood
of a $850.00 figure. And NO, I am not trying to low-ball you, because I want it. I already have enough revamps.
It is a rather interesting configuration, even if the upper and lower castings do not match correctly. It will be
interesting to see if anyone bites this time around.