CMP engine swaps

[maple_leaf_eh]

Not sticking my finger in anyone's eye here. I am comparing this conversation about putting replacement engines and transmissions into what amount to work trucks, to some themes in the firearms community. When another engine is plopped into a CMP, is its value raised or lowered? Is a converted No.4 Lee Enfield more or less desireable than one that is in stock service condition?

At the moment I have three guns listed on another forum. In a CMP context one is a motor pool daily driver, the second a limited issue specialist version, and the third is a full postwar customization.

The 1943 Long Branch rack grade rebuilt rifle sold in a heartbeat for the asking price of $400. (Which I guess means it was underpriced.) It was one I put back together with correct, good condition Canadian parts. The E.A.L. factory made .303 survival rifle, built on a No.4 receiver and parts, languished for longer than I expected but sold for $550. It is clearly scarcer and much more collectable than a generic wartime No.4. The highly modified and really thoughfully built No.4 target rifle isn't getting half as much attention.

[motto (RIP)]

If my opinion on this matter is not vindicated by your experience Tony it at least reinforces my prejudice.

I am far more interested in original equipment.

David

[Mike Cecil]

A certain Toyman once squashed a modern Ford V8 and auto into an F15 with 20-inch wheels and a White Scout Car diff centre. Went like the clappers: I drove it from Murchison to Bandiana and return on one of the rare VMVC outings to the Bandiana Museum, etc (the year we all stayed at the VMR depot in Albury - some old VMVC-ers will remember, especially Berry's DOG!). Over that weekend, I was being laughed at by a bunch of idiots in a Datsun 1600 while waiting for the traffic lights. When the lights changed, I 'smoked em' for the first several hundred yards out across the Causeway to Albury! It might have been non-original, but it sure was heaps of fun to drive. Wonder what happened to it after Toyman sold it.

Mike C

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Wonder what happened to it after Toyman sold it.

Mike C

Mike

It ended up in Tassie, a well known collector on the NW coast bought it ( we all know him ) . His collection was sold and some local fisherman bought it. They used it to haul boats up onto the beach . It was stranded on a high tide and it got wet

This is what I was told, so its a story that I cannot say is the truth or not.