I've never owned a Rupes. Most were Porta Cables, GG, Flex, Cyclo and others. I don't remember the model numbers. I had like 15 DA's stolen and 8 or so rotary's. The last new ones I bought 3 or 4 years ago that cost way more than they were worth was two Flex DA's. They were the rage at that...
I just down graded to a HF DA. I had a bunch of tools stolen. In those tools was a collection of DA's and rotatory's. While none of the stolen tools were current absolute state of the art. There was still a a lot of money tied up in them. I have always worked my own cars and use to do a fare...