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Hi all, is this worth bidding on? also have a look at the text. i think i have read that somwhere before i have an early Downton Weber manifold for my 62 OZ 850.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... K:MEWAX:IT

Thanks Scott

Doesn't look quite right to me, but Mark is the main man on these.

Fake.....

Personally I would say that it was a reproduction, it is one of the ones sold by Minispares in the 80's & 90's.

So far from the real thing that it's unlikely to fool anyone.

IMO a fake is something that is deliberately made & sold to deceive.

What about the Downton rear window stickers on Ebay at the mo ,any info on these are they any good ??



Thanks Ian

steve1071 wrote:Doesn't look quite right to me....

Me neither.

As it says in the listing made by the 1990's version of Downton with their address on.

They are loosely based on an original design from the 1960's.

I noticed that Somerford have a Downton badge in there listings, i dont mind having a fake. but i would like it to look right. what would you have to pay for a genuine article, if one came up?
While i am here i thought i would put up a couple of pics of my manifold!





Thanks Scott

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If you want a good repro badge then the current incarnation of Downton sell an excellent one that is almost indistinguishable from the originals. The ones he sells were based on an original I sold him.

http://downton.com/html/styling_products.html

I also have a couple of tatty originals that I would be prepared to sell, but these will not be cheap.

mk1 wrote:If you want a good repro badge then the current incarnation of Downton sell an excellent one that is almost indistinguishable from the originals.

Mark
Is it possible to spot one of these from an original and, if so, how?

There are a few ways, but to most observers they will look pretty much identical, particularly once fitted to a car.

The easiest one to spot is that the black lines on the repro ones are fractionally narrower than the silver horizontal lines, where as they should be of equal width.

So the rear window stickers on ebay will not look right in a 1968 car or will it ??

It will look OK, but it will have the 1990's company details on.

I still have a few of these;



£6.00 inc postage in UK, £7.00 anywhere

Copied from an original in my collection.

That repro badge on ebay is already up to nearly £40!

Some folks are so STUPID!

I have just added a listing to ebay offering one of my originals.

PLEASE DON'T BID ON IT AS I HAVE ONLY PUT IT UP THERE TO HOPEFULLY UNDERMINE THE FAKE BADGE THAT IS BEING OFFERED AT THE MOMENT!

It will be removed before the listing finishes, with any bids that are made cancelled.

Mark, that other one is listed on ebay Australia.

I have just checked & my listing is showing up on ebay aus too.

But after all there is only so much I can do isn't there.

mk1 wrote:I have just checked & my listing is showing up on ebay aus too.

But after all there is only so much I can do isn't there.

You will have to sell it to me now
Thats if Graham doesnt beat me to it

Hey I'm not bidding!

I thought Mark didn't want bids?

You should PM / E-mail him if you want it, I think it may get 'pulled'

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