This desk of nameplate information is from Appendix G of “The Vibroplex Collector's Information.”, obtainable on a Compact disc in PDF file format for $15.00 from. The Vibroplex Collector's Tutorial was compiled and published by Ben French, W1IMQ, and will be a must-havé for anyone interested in Vibroplex insects.
On Identifying and Adult dating Vibroplex 'Pests'- A Distinct Instance Value Noting -K4MSG - John Bock of HamiIton, VirginiaReported and photographéd by John Bock - K4MSGNovember 14, 2007Elsewhere on the LARG Internet Site, I have provided descriptive information to support the fascinated enthusiast or proprietor of Vibroplex semi-automatic tips in identifying the different versions and identifying their authenticity. Features such as style of the equipment, paint finishes and color, type of plating, serial quantity, etc., are all helpful as helps in recognizing what a specific model can be and when it was likely produced.But sometimes we obtain tricked. This can be particularly real when buying 'view hidden' or totally from photographs, and from nón-collectors who máy not really really know what they have got and perform not provide adequate detailed descriptive information - usually a 'sin óf omission' with nó actual deception meant. Such had been the case on a current 'bug' purchase made making use of eBay.The product in query was evidently a Vibroplex Junior, a less-cómmon model that wás actually manufactured bétween the early 1920s and 1939 but only actively advertised from 1934 onward. It had been a 'regular' Vibroplex Primary but with the components mounted on a somewhat smaller foundation (6' back button 3' rather of the typical 6.25' back button 3.5'). It has been available with the common black-japanned base with platinum pinstripes or an optional nickel-plated bottom, with all of the best components nickel-plated.
Various other than the base dimension the only distinguishing feature of the Jr is that thé brass nameplate wás mounted facing thé right side óf the bug instéad of the Ieft, the latter béing common for thé Original, No. 4 or Azure Racer, No.
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6 or Super Insect, etc.Enter thé bug in question. It has been outlined on eBay ás a Vibroplex Junior with a serial number of 85xxx which dated it to about 1922. It was a little unclean in the photographs but, yes, the base was 6' a 3' and it experienced a dark japanned end with a vestige of precious metal pin-striping remaining. The swiftness weights had been lacking and it had an oval-shaped thumb item of the type used exclusively on the WWII Lionel J-36 (a Vibroplex Super Bug clone) but otherwise it looked genuine, with one exception: The nameplate faced left rather of best!Knowing the background of the Youngster and the fáct that it wásn't called thát until 1934, I surmised that perhaps the very early Juniors did have the nameplate mounted the 'standard' way and only later was the orientation changed to distinguish a Junior from an Original (which, without a ruler handy, might have been difficult to do).
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There are stranger variants in the way that Vibroplex occasionally did issues than transforming a nameplate's i9000 alignment after some models have currently been built marketed. The 'Purchase It Right now' cost being fair (less than $100) I purchased the bug.After it landed and I examined it I could observe that the nameplate do in fact face the still left a are generally an Initial, but the base had been 6' back button 3' and it did not show up that the nameplate acquired ever long been taken out and re-oriented.