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Jay_Minor

i have fallen in love so i need to sell advice needed

hi guys i have just fallen in love with a harley davidson which is gonna cost me around £7000 so i need to sell off a few steam bits to help me finance it

first to go will be this stuart boiler but before i list it i need a few more details if you can help

what model boiler is it and roughly what its worth, it measures just over 10" in length

Daveyp2

very nice bit of kit there, and i am looking for a larger boiler so when you do come to sell it i would be interested. But i know nothing about them but looking on ebay i think it looks like this one. Unless i am mistaken, might be worth seing what it goes for to give you an idea.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique...hash=item35be7abcb7#ht_569wt_1185

Regards
David
Jay_Minor

Daveyp2 wrote:
very nice bit of kit there, and i am looking for a larger boiler so when you do come to sell it i would be interested. But i know nothing about them but looking on ebay i think it looks like this one. Unless i am mistaken, might be worth seing what it goes for to give you an idea.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique...hash=item35be7abcb7#ht_569wt_1185

Regards
David


yep that looks like the one David, i recon it's gotta be worth at least £100
Daveyp2

it will pass easily £100, past there i am not sure  
Jay_Minor

its now on my watch list to see how much it goes for
benchmark

If you say its about 10 inches in length then it should be a 504 boiler. Check the bottom of the boiler and if it has 6 tubes + 1 superheater tube then this confirms the model.

Once we confirm that it is a 504 boiler then is worth at least £200 , even more if you have the original burner.
Jay_Minor

benchmark wrote:
If you say its about 10 inches in length then it should be a 504 boiler. Check the bottom of the boiler and if it has 6 tubes + 1 superheater tube then this confirms the model.

Once we confirm that it is a 504 boiler then is worth at least £200 , even more if you have the original burner.


thanx bench mark, just checked and confirmed its a 504
m8dave

I think it a Stuart 500. I have a 501 up my dad I will have a look if it's the same
benchmark

There you go, It is a 504 boiler.

The prices of stuart boilers have risen recently, even the smaller 500 and 501 models have been sold for just under and sometimes just above £200 (do an ebay search for 'Stuart Boiler' in completed listings) just last year they could be bought for much less. This maybe the right time to sell if you want to dispose of it.

For more info see:
http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org/about42050.html
Jay_Minor

benchmark wrote:
There you go, It is a 504 boiler.

The prices of stuart boilers have risen recently, even the smaller 500 and 501 models have been sold for just under and sometimes just above £200 (do an ebay search for 'Stuart Boiler' in completed listings) just last year they could be bought for much less. This maybe the right time to sell if you want to dispose of it.

For more info see:
http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org/about42050.html


thanx that was very helpfull.... def 504
Freespawn

i told you it was a 504 at tilford
classixs

Freespawn wrote:
i told you it was a 504 at tilford


redryder

It is absolutely a 504 boiler with a small bundle spent on correct fittings and if you have a correct burner it ought to be worth $500. if it is still unfired.

The throttle valve, safety valve, pressure guage, site glass with blowdown, and ball check valve all add up pretty quickly. Just be careful handling it as the insulation inside the side walls is asbestos.

They are great boilers and Stuart Turner discontinued them about 20 years ago (please correct me if my time frame is off). I would be interested if I didn't already have 3 of them unfired.

Gil
Jay_Minor

Freespawn wrote:
i told you it was a 504 at tilford


you did indeed dan, but im having a few senior moments lately  
46u

I have been watching Stuart boilers on eBay the passed 4 or 5 months and price varies from $250 to $400. So what you are saying you paid all most $11,000 US. Sorry to say but if this is true you paid WAY to much for it or did you by chance add 1 to many 0?
redryder

46u wrote:
I have been watching Stuart boilers on eBay the passed 4 or 5 months and price varies from $250 to $400. So what you are saying you paid all most $11,000 US. Sorry to say but if this is true you paid WAY to much for it or did you by chance add 1 to many 0?



Jeff, he said the Harley he is buying cost 7000 pounds, not the Stuart boiler.
46u

redryder wrote:
46u wrote:
I have been watching Stuart boilers on eBay the passed 4 or 5 months and price varies from $250 to $400. So what you are saying you paid all most $11,000 US. Sorry to say but if this is true you paid WAY to much for it or did you by chance add 1 to many 0?



Jeff, he said the Harley he is buying cost 7000 pounds, not the Stuart boiler.


Wops I stand corrected.    My Harley I bought 11 years ago cost over twice that new and now has 90,000 miles on it. Been in every state excluding Hawaiian but 5 states. Did Alaska in 05. I know this is off topic but but what HD are you getting? Been riding them none stop for over 40 years.
Burnmafingers

Your 504 has all the nice fittings and should fetch £250 minimum on ebay if you describe it well, point out that its a 504 with all the nice fittings and say whether that  will actually raise steam in good order.
Finding the burner would be of benefit, but are the flanges for screwing the boiler down missing?
MrMamod

Show a good photo of the underside of the boiler so folks can see ALL the tubes ect as there is a lot of tubes underneath a 504 boiler.
Kev&Mel

Hi Jay
I too have been bitten by the Harley bug , I am getting one the end of the year  
It seems like a long wait but at least this way I don't have to sell any of my collection .
Which Harley have you fallen in love with ?
46u

Kev&Mel wrote:
Hi Jay
I too have been bitten by the Harley bug , I am getting one the end of the year  
It seems like a long wait but at least this way I don't have to sell any of my collection .
Which Harley have you fallen in love with ?


I have been riding Harley s for 40 plus years none stop.   Been working on them just as long. My 02 I bought new only has 90,000 miles on it. It should have a lot more on it.   What model Harley s do you own?
Kev&Mel

46u wrote:
Kev&Mel wrote:
Hi Jay
I too have been bitten by the Harley bug , I am getting one the end of the year  
It seems like a long wait but at least this way I don't have to sell any of my collection .
Which Harley have you fallen in love with ?


I have been riding Harley s for 40 plus years none stop.   Been working on them just as long. My 02 I bought new only has 90,000 miles on it. It should have a lot more on it.   What model Harley s do you own?


None at the moment but would like a Softail Heritage  
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