VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND NEWER 1946-1948 Accessory Crazy.........Are you???

I am restoreing a 47 fleetmaster,And am using nothing but NOS parts to do it. But I seem to have aquired a strange affliction known as "Accessory itis" I cant stop myself...
I have over 20 of them now! And theres still at least 15 more I want to get!!! I just recieved the winter tire track units in the mail last week.

But my god, have you seen what people are charging for some of these!!! I talked to a guy just yesterday, he has the Umbrella holder, and the Orig umbrella. $500.00 for the holder, and $300.00 for the umbrella!!!! I saw an ad for the car & home razor $1500.00!!! WOW.............

My question is this, Does it really pay to get all these things? Do people really pay these prices for these items? Why are we so addicted to these little goodies that only cost $3.00 60yrs ago? Am I alone in this affliction?

Opinions welcome!!!!!!!! fleetmas47

Yes, accessory items are very expensive for all years of Chevrolets. The main reason is that most of them are so hard to come by these days, and some of the accessories were rare when they were new. You mentioned the umbrella holder that a fellow has for $500 and the original umbrella for $300. Well...he needs to get educated because the rare thing here is the umbrella, not the holder! The holders are not all that hard to come by and I have seen them for sale for $100 or less. Now, on that umbrella, that's another story. If he does in fact have an original umbrella then he has a real treasure..and an extremely rare treasure at that. A friend of mine, about 5 years ago, purchased a new old stock umbrella (for his 1941) in the original Chevrolet box with the correct part number and etc. for $5,000! That's right! And, he was happy to get it at that price! Well, there is probably no way that you and I would ever think of paying that for an accessory but some dedicted Chevy dudes will. You are right, accessories are very expensive and a lot of fellows can't afford to pay the price. I have seen some prices of accessories that have scared me to death, like that umbrella for example! Wow!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Sounds good to me! There is also an accessory called "Spare Air". Maybe I should install that in my trunk so I will be able to inflate my Elvira blow up doll when I need her for a picnic or something......... :confused: :eek:

FM 47,
Yes, you have a serious addiction. The only way to cure yourself is to get rid of all of your accessories. Being the kind person that I am, you can send them to me and I will dispose of them for you.

I've got the same problem. I spend more time finding and buying accessories than I do on my truck restoration . Besides the official Chevy accessories, you'll find, as I did, that there are all kinds of third party accessories available. I just bought a "Blink-O-Light" which is designed for mounting in the trunk of cars. And I have a TRUCK!!??

Hum....."Fix A Flat" huh? I wonder if that will work on my Elvira blow up doll? However, there are two places on her that are definitely not flat!! I hope that your wife enjoys the Camel patches. You are so kind......! :confused: :eek:

Some accessories are more interesting and more authentic if they are off the car.

Try to keep things "original/stock" I always say! The other stuff is fun to see, BUT.......

Holy #$@# JYD. $5000.00 for the umbrella!!!!!
You could buy a whole car for that :eek:

I thought I was crazy for spending $300 for the magnetic service lamp NOS. :confused:

But I can understand his addiction

Yep, I know! That was the most expensive Chevrolet accessory that I have seen yet, and I have looked at a lot of accessories in the late 1930's to the late 1940's that sold for way over $1,000 each. And then.....there is the original literature pieces that sell for big bucks too...but we won't go there because your heart might not take the shock!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

JYD, how much of a $hock would I be in for if I wanted a 1931 Jam Handy filmstrip?

I have the original sales lit bug, I gave up booze 8 years ago and that was easier to give up than buying all this wierd rare sales lit. That never ends at least with the accy's there is a definate number and you know exactly what you are looking for, with the sales stuff every time I think i found the last piece another one turns up that I have to have. I do agree that sometimes the accy's are neat if they stay in the box, but........ One thing whatever you pay for the accy's you will always get it back and then some!!!!
John 348

JYD,Oh no, Please I dont EVEN want to get into the litrature part of it :rolleyes: Im finding myself slip into the cans of waxes, and stop leak, and things like that now

Im even in the process now of trying to make one of the original display stands I saw a picture of in the chevy archive book :(

Is there ANY hope for me???

fleetmas47

d2d2: 1931 Chevrolet filmstrips range in price from around $10 to $35 each, and it all depends upon their content, and condition. Most filmstrips of that period can be picked up on an average of $15 to $20 a piece....and some of them are pretty boring, while others, like the 1931 accessory film, are really cool and contain a lot of information. :eek:

Hum....ya on most accessories you can definitely sell them for a profit...but making a profit on a $5,000 umbrella is gonna be hard to do. :(

Fleetmas47: Yep....your goose is cooked and there is absolutely no hope for you. None for the rest of us either for that matter! Glad that you joined the club!!!

The 1931 filmstrip I want has a graph showing how 6 power strokes were smoother than 4. It also had a picture of Chevrolet's pedal closures. How many '31s have you seen with their pedal closures still intact?

I think that I have that film in my collection since it sounds familiar. I have almost all of the 1931 Sales, Service and Promotional films.

I would say that around 50 per cent of the 1930-32's that I have seen still had the pedal closures on them. All of my cars did when I bought them. :eek: :eek:

What about putting all that on a CD along with the collected wisdom of the JYD?

Count me in on the first CD of 31'filmstrips!! I love looking for the detailed stuff. :love: :love:

Well....okay! But.....I don't think that they make enough CD's to contain all of that wisdom from an old mutt! ha ha! :confused: :confused:

Yep....sharp guy there! For sure.