On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 06:49:09 UTC, "Jose V. Gavila"
wrote:

Good morning,

Yesterday, while attending a local fleamarket (not radio related), a
large dark grey box got my attention. I could not believe it; in the
middle of lots of other items (mostly _real_ junk!), there was a lonely
National NC-183D!. In about two years, it is the second BA I see in that
market (the other was a BC-348 which was fastly sold). The 183D was not
in great shape, having scratches all around it, some oxide, a couple
missing knobs (I will post later for help on this). It was about a 5 on
a 1-10 scale. Internally it was dirt but complete, with all tubes.

I asked price and got 80 Euro (about US$92) as an answer... finally, I
got it for 60 Euro (about US$69)

Of course, money left my wallet and the NC-183D went to my car's boot
:-)

I think it is a nice winter project and hope to be able to restore it to
its former glory (more to come about this as works start)

Regards from a happy camper :-)

JOSE


Great story. I've never had that happen to me. I've been
restoring and fixing up old Heathkits and Tektronix Oscilloscopes
that I get on eBay.

I believe that these old radios will be prized collectables
in a few years. That said, I have a life time supply of "fix it"
radios now, enough for 6 full stations.

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