No need for eBay - remnants of the world's largest Commodore Users Group still exists, not far from you. And they are selling hardware...

"DRIVES: Our available disk drives consist of the beige (1541C) or classic brown, with the classic pull-down-to-lock type mechanism (ALPS), or the swing-down-to-lock mechanism (Newtronics), and 1541-II drives. All of our drives are tested and aligned before we ship them."

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