While making a couple of blog-related purchases on eBay this afternoon, out of curiosity I thought I would see if Chester Greenhalgh’s “How to Build a T-Bucket Roadster … ” books were still being sold on eBay. Man, was I surprised! Five copies were listed at prices from $97.50 to $130.92 (and, of course, shipping was extra)!
I had originally thought that when we started offering Chester’s valuable hot rod-building information in a $19.99 eBook format for the new, 25th Anniversary digitally remastered version that the hard copy prices on eBay and such would drop like a stone. I was so wrong. Thinking about it, though, I realized that our offering Chester’s work to a wider audience only created more awareness of it and it’s likely that the “collectors” among us are buying up the hard copies with a view to the day when having an original paper copy will be a mark of distinction as the books gain a new, broader afterlife in the digital Internet world. That’s cool: it’s a win-win.
April 29, 2011 Update: Wow, Chester’s T-Bucket how to book is selling for $489 in Japan!
So, what are you waiting for? What others are willing to pay hundreds of dollars for you can get the latest version of for only $19.99.
TBucketPlans.com originated in 2005 as a personal blog extolling the virtues of T-Buckets. In 2009 I blogged about Chester Greenhalgh, the "how to" genius who wrote the legendary, out-of-print “How to Build a T-Bucket Roadster for Under $3000”. That led to a friendship with Chester and our partnership in marketing the updated eBook version of his T-Bucket building bible. The T-Bucket fire burns stronger and stronger.
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The Spiral bound edition ‘How to build a Y-Bucket roadster for under $300’ is a book for collectors. There were only 800 of them ever produced. I know, because I correalated, cropped, and boound every one of them myself, working late into the night in my shop ………..Chester