Sorry, none of those match what we need. Everyone seems to need SK's!
Well that is because we are Sachs and reversing Villiers people. The spare keys we have are for more unusual things but with less following. Beyond that I have two ice cream tubs, where did they come from? I do not eat ice cream. Full of misc car keys from yonks of cars coming through, dieing and out of tubs of spares bought in. I have no idea what any of them are for in the main and those that have clues can confuse. 6 Renault keys but I only ever owned one. A 17 Coupe, for instance.
I was relieved that this collection yielded quite a few missing keys to locks and cars I have so a worthwhile mornings sorting. I look at the Huf two way switches and wonder at the prices on eBay. It is supply and demand. Put all the spares up for sale and they will not fetch much money. However with folk now putting these units in there 'nur hur' cabinets with VDO clocks, Hella lights etc and there is a shortage. I have a healthy number of Schmitt indicators but I suspect the same situation exists. This does nothing to help those new to the scene or attempting to restore a stinker. TRouble is the sharp rise in spares prices and drop in availability does mean stock needs to be kept if it is likely to be used.
As an example I have sorted out Schmitt stuff and this includes all cables, new or good second hand. I now find that looking at the prices now I have near £2,000 worth of 'spare' cables. However distributed round my cars to restore I probably, more importantly, do not need to buy any new cables! So they are not spare nor to be sold. Yet taking these seperate prices and apply them to a complete Schmitt and you do wonder if restoration is the way to go as the bits are worth so much!
