Anyone Collect Spark Plugs?

[panhead_jim]

I was watching American Pickers the other night and saw what looked to be a framed collection of spark plugs at one of the places they visited. They never got a clear shot of it, but it got me thinking. Would be neat to have a collection of plugs in a shadow box to hang on the wall. Question is, how many different plugs were used between 1903 and 1965? More importantly, are vintage plugs easy to come by? I saw a few on eBay but not a whole lot...

-Jim

[Rollo]

Jim,

Not impossible and a few NOS HD/Champions show up but they go for what I consider big money. Some NOS ones just sold for $350 for the pair. Some of the older ones are even more. I have about 12 for VL's and early knuckles but that's it.

Tom (Rollo) Hardy
AMCA # 12766

[fillibuster]

I was watching American Pickers the other night and saw what looked to be a framed collection of spark plugs at one of the places they visited. They never got a clear shot of it, but it got me thinking. Would be neat to have a collection of plugs in a shadow box to hang on the wall. Question is, how many different plugs were used between 1903 and 1965? More importantly, are vintage plugs easy to come by? I saw a few on eBay but not a whole lot...

-Jim

There's a senior fella and his son who bring their collection to D-port, set up inside a building just west of the "lunch hall". Deep knowledge of anything collectible from those two. ......... can't remember the name, Cleo? Clark, Clarence?

[panhead_jim]

Figures, another aspect of vintage motorcycles that's expensive. Maybe I should look into collecting vintage valve stems, although they might not look as cool hanging on the wall...

[bselph]

Wait till you see the prices of Shrader valve stems!

[diesel55]

pickins

Well when it comes to pickin you can always pick plugs for a hobby.But if you pick nose plugs,Then you can,t be a nose picker.If you don,t live in the U.S.A. than you can never be a real american picker of noses but you can still pick a peck of pickled pockets.

[Rubone]

I save them when I run across them, but current prices take the fun out of it!

[sirhrmechanic]

Spark plug collecting is like license plate collecting...

Seems arcane, but there are serious collectors out there who can pay big (and I mean really-big-into-the-thousands of dollars) for specific plugs.

http://www.spcoa.net/

The guy who runs Big Dog Garage for Jay Leno is a spark plug fanatic. I have heard that if you ever want a tour of Jay's garage... find the crew chief a rare plug that he doesn't have.

Cheers,

Sirhr

[23JDCA 808]

There are some spark plug collector sites on the internet. Google the subject.