Is an original Hallicrafters S-20 Sky Champion in rough shape worth more than $25?
I bought a lot of Hallicrafters and the included S-20 is in sad shape. It has a fair amount of dents and dings to the trim and the sheet metal is rusting and needs refinished. It appeared to be mostly intact with missing knobs but I have the missing knobs from other radios. The tubes were pulled for shipping, but I have most of them as spares too.
It's more work than I want to tackle and I'd rather restore the others. Aside from gutting it for the field coil speaker, iron and toggle switches; is it worth more than $20-$25 plus shipping? If it is, then I'll sell it and let somebody else restore it, but if they're not worth the hassle, then I'll salvage what I can use and send off the sub-chassis to somebody that can use it.
Sorry if this comes across as trolling or spamming, but I don't want to scrap it and find out later that somebody else could have restored it and enjoyed it; however, I need the room for the other radios I plan to keep and restore.
The keepers are a black Sky Buddy, a S-40B, a mint S-58, a S-76, and a butchered SX-99 that has a replacement amp meter with more replacement knobs than originals. There is one other radio, but I forget the model.
The S-58 will be the easiest to get back in working order, then either the S-40B or S-76. The rest need more work and more parts to restore to original.
TIA,
- BMF
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