Rogers bearing edges are virtually unchanged from the early 60s thru to 1979 when the eight ply maple shells came out...... and even that edge is much like what came before. Double cut off center to the outside. 1/16th bearing edge. Powertone was discontinued in late 72. Without seeing condition hard to say on value. But, 800 is a good price for drums in better to excellent condition.

I agree with Ploughman, who's one of the Rogers gurus around here. Those drums would be Fullerton CA drums and 5 ply, MPMPM as you said. If the collets have "Patent-Pending" stamped on them, they're leftover machined collets from Covington/Dayton. If not, they're most likely cast. Check the wrap and chrome

If in very good shape, you got a good deal.

Hugh

Be sure to budget in getting machined collet noses if the kit has cast collet noses. Those era drums are great but the cast collet noses aren't!

Thank you all for your input. Is there a way to tell for sure if a drum is from the Fullerton era as opposed to earlier?

Shoule be a paper tag inside each shell. Mine say Fullerton Cal in the lower right hand corner. You can see it by looking through the vent hole.

Gerald, yeah, the problem is there are no tags so I was hoping there is another way to confirm. I asked the owner to send me some pictures of the interior of one of the shells. a close-up of a collet on a tom, and a picture of the floor tom leg mount.

Interior will be speckled grey.

OK, here is what I have. The lugs do have springs in them. The collets do look like cast to me from the picture. The interior of the shells are speckled grey. The chrome is flaking off a few of the BD rods. The drums are std size 12, 13, 16, 22, and a 5x14 COB Powertone SD.

From the info I've been able to gather online with the help of forum members and on my own, I believe this is possibly a 1971 Fullerton era kit, maybe a Londoner V? Unfortunately since the tags are missing on all the drums I can't be 100% certain. Does that sound about right?

Can you see the ghost? That will tell you approximately when they were made...... a bigger paste ghost indicates <72, a smaller (about 1' tall and 2 1/2" long) ghost indicates 9/72 era.