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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Stoney D on April 08, 2025, 06:00:44 pm

Title: Re: Grandson says "Put em in the yard sale"
Post by: Stoney D on April 11, 2025, 07:45:33 pm

You bet, fortunately my wife thought to get pictures and couple videos of us in the workshop getting them fired up.  Lord willing, I might even be around for his new baby daughter to see her daddy and her great grandpa having a fun time together.

Title: Re: Grandson says "Put em in the yard sale"
Post by: txlabman on April 10, 2025, 04:55:39 pm

The memories of working on them with your grandson is invaluable!

Title: Re: Grandson says "Put em in the yard sale"
Post by: Stoney D on April 09, 2025, 03:26:45 pm

Thanks for giving me an estimate of value, grandson and I had a good time seeing if they both worked.  Funny that these things were marketed as toys during the 50's and 60's but then Daisy was also selling a Red Ryder that could shoot your eye out.

Title: Re: Grandson says "Put em in the yard sale"
Post by: Nick on April 09, 2025, 03:51:52 am

They won’t make a whole lot on eBay… $35-50 for the Marvin Ind. and $50 or so for the Wilesco, so a yard sale might be easiest to avoid the hassle of eBay…

Title: Grandson says "Put em in the yard sale"
Post by: Stoney D on April 08, 2025, 06:00:44 pm

Cleaning out the workshop shed and came across these two.  One is a Wilesco and the other Marvin Industries I think. The electric one works and the other one we fired it up using hand sanitizer.
Grandson said he isn't interested in them, but he did think they were kind of neat years ago when he helped me get them running.  We rigged up some missing pieces.  Thought before I put them in a yard sale I should offer to forum members for parts or whatever.  Would the classified section be where to post?