Penton Mudlark on ebay

[Gordon Brennan]

Beautiful Mudlark. 6 days left and over $2000.00. Maybe this is a good sign for the Vintage market.
Or maybe the people bidding don't know the Mudlark was the 3rd worst dirtbike ever made.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221304815610?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[Lew Mayer]

That's a pretty specimen.

Lew Mayer

[Dale Fisher]

I inquired about whether the stickers had been reproduced and if there were any spares.  The answer was "a friend gave them to him".  I'm missing the front MP fork stickers on my Mudlark.

Dale Fisher
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'70 Six-Day 125 - V2017
'71 Six-Day 125 (Dave Fisher's) - V5553
'72 Mudlark - W257
'73 Jackpiner - 175 21159727
'74 Berkshire 100 - 40171056
And some silly other bikes...

[Gordon Brennan]

Now this thing is over $5000.00 and hasn't made the reserve. I was surprised it made it over 2000. Don't mean to be a skeptic, but seems a little odd. One ( private) bidder bidding 14 times, all the way up over $5000.00 is very uncommon.

[seanguthrie]

We'll know if it was a buddy bid by it showing back up on ebay in a week.

74 250 Hare scramble
73 CMF 6day
68 6day V213

[firstturn]

I have had the same thing happen to me on a bike and I thought it was a scam, but the guy finally hit the reserve and bought it.  With ebay it is always a mystery.  It is a Very Nice bike as I have seen it in person.  NOS seat and tank and has a B engine so it is the real deal.  I wish I had not started on gathering parts for a Mudlark I bought sometimes back and I just bought three bikes.

Ron Carbaugh

[firstturn]

Actually it isn't the same bidder since I bid on it several times and was outbid.  The seller is using the option to conceal the bidders code name that ebay assigns since they no longer show the actual ebay ID.

Ron Carbaugh

[sixdazed]

Approaching 6 k and still hasn't hit the reserve.Hey Skip keep yours in the living room.Ron i'll ring you later,Ric

[seanguthrie]

After looking at the pictures again that is pretty much a museum piece.  Just wonder what the reserve is set at?

74 250 Hare scramble
73 CMF 6day
68 6day V213

[tooclose racing]

Pretty amazing....

[thrownchain]

Guy could be fishing for market value also. But it is a nice bike.

[Gordon Brennan]

quote:Originally posted by firstturn

Actually it isn't the same bidder since I bid on it several times and was outbid.  The seller is using the option to conceal the bidders code name that ebay assigns since they no longer show the actual ebay ID.

Ron Carbaugh

You're right Ron. I had not heard of private auctions; only private bidders. That is why I thought it was odd to have 8 private bidders on one auction.

When I bought mine it had the original headlight and bar switch still on it, and I still have those. It also has WASSELL printed on the back of the seat.
Did all Mudlarks come through with the headlight, or was that added on later?

[firstturn]

Gordon,
  I have not seen that option used much except on high dollar cars.  The Mudlarks came without a headlight, BUT dealers put on  lights and who know what Ted Wassell sent Penton???  I do know some of these where used for forest use where trails were tight.  Great little bike and for all the people who thought they were junk just ask Dennis Jones as he won a National Championship on one and still has the bike.  This is a nice bike.

Ron Carbaugh

[Gordon Brennan]

It's a great bike. I compete with mine all the time. At Ormstown, Mick Andrews switched bikes with me for a while and he liked it too, other than the high bars.
As far as the headlight goes, to me it looks like he took the fork headlight ears, turned them in, and is using them to hold the number plate.
$6600.00 now.

[Dennis Jones]

Very nice bike but, a lot of parts are not correct. Both fenders, shocks, throttle, petcock, wrong bend on brake lever, Bosch ignition instead of Motoplat for the 6B motor.

I'm glad it brought that, makes a correct one worth ?

Dennis Jones