Wow, that shop has some history then. I think you and your missus will have a fine time taking it over and will make it very profitable.
You can be the hobbit that hangs out in the bar and chain room...
I had 18 of those bases, NOS, when I first joined here. I gave fourteen of them away. Back then, nobody wanted them. The other day I was rooting
through some junk and found two more of the bases and two more NOS filters. Sweet, I thought, I just happen to be building up a NOS P-45HP
and a near-new P-60.
I got 1 or 2 of them bases from you several years back when I first joined. I know I have several extra bases in boxes in the attic of the shop. I need to do an inventory on them. I did give Lee first dibs on one when I round them up. I do like the looks of the standard cover better, but on the saws I cut with... I use the K&N set up.