Is this Crazy or am I missing something?

[Hemi2Much]

I was on eBay looking for a set of pushrods and came across an old Sun Tach that someone was asking $1500 for
I was thinking there was no way he'd ever sell a tach for that.
So I did an Advanced eBay search for Tachometers and saw these.
Almost $5,000 for a Tach? What am I missing? Out of curiosity, I did a regular search for Vintage tachs and it blew my mind what some of these tachs are selling for and what some people are asking $$$$ for them.
Here are just a few that have SOLD recently.
What am I missing?

 

[Jesse6869]

Know we all missed something we all had things that now people are paying stupid money for.

 

[fesser]

What's scary is that if I came across one at a garage sale, I wouldn't know 40 bucks from 4,000.

 

[PeteyDaMan]

Damn! I have an old Sun Tach in my parts cabinet.

 

[Jesse6869]

There you go, 1million dollars

 

[zyzzyx]

There's a Sucker born every minute!

 

[Michael_]

Luckily i never liked bolt on aftermarket gauges. Couple grands saved.

 

[gdrill]

I have a couple 2-3"ers. Maybe I can retire finally in stead of just being tired.

 

[sam dupont]

What you might find with the highest priced one is that the guy meant $700 and somebody with zero feedbacks went ahead and bought it as a joke.

What's truly funny is I've bought and sold NOS tachometers and they don't always work. Just because they're new, there's no guarantee.

 

[69 Sleeper Bee]

Well the Sleeper Bee just gained $ 4700 in value !!!

Here is one that is a little less...

Vintage Sun Tachometer SST-802 Hot Rod Gasser Rat Rod Tested And Works. | eBay

Offering a Vintage Sun Tachometer SST-802 Hot Rod Gasser Rat Rod Tested And Works.

www.ebay.com

 

[mopar 3 B]

I might have a gold mine hidden somewhere.

 

[snakeoil24]

stupid people deserve to over pay

 

[66Satellite47]

I'm a stupid *** for selling my old Sun Super tach for $75 a couple years ago. Oh well!

I wonder if my mid 70's DC SW mechanical tach is now worth $1 million?

 

[Tony Tee]

Maybe a money laundering or drug deal? Buy it for $795. And you get a brick of weed? LOL!

 

[33 IMP]

To answer the thread question.... no you're not missing anything, some people are bat-**** crazy,,,,,,

I don't have the head unit, but I think I may have the ancient Sun control part, the one that uses the oddball battery that nobody can get anymore....

 

[Beeorange]

I have one brand new in the box, I like it as garage art but at those prices

I find it hard to believe they bring that kind of money

 

[moparwacko]

I bought mine (works great) at Carlisle last year. New in the box dated receipt from 1973.
$25

 

[moparedtn]

That's nonsense - keep in mind, an eBay auction that shows as "won" might be nothing more than
two people who know each other faking a transaction.

I have a certain affinity for the old Sun Super Tach II unit myself (I've had one in most of my hot
rods since the 70's, including in Fred now) and the worst I ever fessed up for a really nice one was $50.

 

[Photon440]

And yet at the same time, there are plenty of these as well:

Vintage Sun Super Tach SST-709 12 Volt 9K 9000 rpm Gasser | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Sun Super Tach SST-709 12 Volt 9K 9000 rpm Gasser at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.ca

 

[chtampa]

When you have that vision of that car that you never had in High School and now you have it and all it needs to be finished is that one.......last....part.