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Antique Fork Lift, What's it worth?
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Posted by gary-sw on August 07, 2006 at 12:25:46 from (204.27.196.105):
I have an old (very old) fork list I would like to know the value of. It was made by Automatic Transportation Company in Chicago Illinois and has hard rubber tires I don't know it's age, but I do know that Automatic Tranportation was purchased by Yale in 1933, so unless Yale kept using the Automatic Transportation name after the purchase, it has to be 1933 or earlier. The fork lift itself is electric, but it has a Ready-Power gasoline engine/generator unit installed in place of the battery pack. The Ready-Power unit has a Continental Y112 gasoline engine coupled to a 30 Volt DC generator. This turns the fork lift into a gasoline model with electric controls. I did not do a real restoration of this vehicle, but I had nearly everything apart and got everything working. Ready-Power is still in business and Continantal engine parts are not to hard to find, so the Ready-Power unit was really no problem. I managed to find parts for the fork lift itself from a company call Plymouth Locomotive Works. Apparently they have a supply of NOS parts for this machine. I didn't know what color to paint it, so I just bought John Deere industrial yellow paint for it. It looked pretty good. After I finished it, we actually used it for many years where I worked. When I took it home, I had to remove the mast (I think that's what it would be called) in order to get it in my garage. I need to get an idea of what it might be worth. I haven't used it in several years, and I need to make some room in my garage. Thanks for your help. I'm actually posting this message for a second time. The first message must have just vanished into internet smoke.
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