3 wheel truck on EBay

[admin]

PD, if you look in this thread: http://www.simplexservi-cycle.com/index.php?topic=538.0, you can see how someone tried to solve the belt tensioning problem a different way.

[RickS]

It appears the owner of this truck knows more than he is telling.  The following pictures are when it was posted for sale within the last year.  You can see the manual clutch that was in it at the time.

[Mike Sal]

Is it even the same motor in those older photos?
Mike Sal

[RickS]

Is it even the same motor in those older photos?
Mike Sal

Not sure. That's a problem with photos from ebay, they are really small.

[pd]

Rick , Are you saving the pics in a hosting account or 'borrowing' them from ebay ?

Here's one I borrowed ( they show 600x800 ):

[pd]

PD, if you look in this thread: http://www.simplexservi-cycle.com/index.php?topic=538.0, you can see how someone tried to solve the belt tensioning problem a different way.

I saw that . I don't really know if he was trying to adjust belt fit or achieve a different style rear end .

[RickS]

Rick , Are you saving the pics in a hosting account or 'borrowing' them from ebay ?

Here's one I borrowed ( they show 600x800 ):

How do you "borrow" it?

[pd]

OK , maybe I just stole it .

By borrow , I mean that as long as ebay keeps that pic available it'll show here .

If I up load that pic to a hosting account , then as long as I keep that account it'll show here . Big difference , IMO .

[RickS]

OK , maybe I just stole it .

By borrow , I mean that as long as ebay keeps that pic available it'll show here .

If I up load that pic to a hosting account , then as long as I keep that account it'll show here . Big difference , IMO .

Ok, I understand.  The only way I can find to keep the pictures forever is to pull them off the print Ebay page, which only have the small photos.

[pd]

Are you using an image hosting site ?
If so , you can obtain the 600x800 image url by double clicking that image on ebay . That will high light the image . Then cursor over the image and right click and click 'View Selection Source' . The source page will produce a string like :

<span></span><img index="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqQOKocE6vsDvpq+BQ4M5Z6I2g~~60_3.JPG" style="width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqQOKocE6vsDvpq+BQ4M5Z6I2g~~60_3.JPG" id="i_vv4-39" alt=""></center></div><div id="vv4-39_bdiv" class="ic-p ic-b1" style="height:958px;width:958px;"><div style="display: none;" id="vv4-39_t" class="ic-thr"><span></span></div><div style="display: none;" id="vv4-39_e" class="ic-err"><span>Image not available</span></div></div> 

Copy and paste the following part of that string into your hosting up load window :

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqQOKocE6vsDvpq+BQ4M5Z6I2g~~60_3.JPG

That portion of the string will produce the following image :



I hope that helps .

[pd]

Rick ,

Does that ^ work for you ?

[RickS]

Rick ,

Does that ^ work for you ?

No, because I'm on a Mac and it doesn't allowing highlighting the image.

[Mike Sal]

I just now noticed that the strap under the tank is cut & they added a bolt in the back to hold up the tank rail.
Mike Sal

[pd]

Good eye , Mike .

[RickS]

It's back!  I guess he really wants to sell it, but he wants good money for it.  It went to $4200 the last time around, we will see what it gets to this time.  It is a shame there isn't some documentation, such as old photos or registration, to show it is a real truck and not a replica.  In it's current condition, if it were real, it would probably go for close to $10,000.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rare-1949-1953-Original-Simplex-Servi-Cycle-3-Wheel-Truck-1-of-15-known-to-exist-/290881672972?forcev4exp=true#ht_1187wt_1167