[GreenKeys] Sad

[Bruce Gentry]

This pile reminds me of the parts I bought to reconstruct my first 
R-390  in 1971 while stationed at Griffiss Air Base. I paid $20.00 for 
it all, which was a fraction of what they sold for then,  and had many 
evenings of work to bring it back to life. The surplus dealer had a 
"friction fire" in part of his complex, and the firefighters ripped the 
pole barns down to douse them.  The owner then pulled the walls and roof 
fragments away from the toppled shelves and invited hams and other 
techie geeks to pore through the remains for treasures. He sold them to 
us at very low prices, especially if we were young and in the military. 
Rust on mechanisms can be spectacular but surprisingly easy to clean.  
Initially the lifers and officers gave me and others a lot of crap about 
having "government property", until I insisted they see the pile and 
showed them my receipt from the dealer. Weirdly, they completely 
reversed their view of what I was doing and one of them even offered to 
"help"me with any parts I could not salvage.  A few months later I made 
connections and found that an R-388 or 390  (or a model 28!) that had 
slipped through the cracks was available for patience and two bottles of 
Chivas Regal. The price this fellow is asking is beyond reason, and even 
if it were $20.00 for the entire pile,  there are very few  people 
interested in this stuff that have the skill, time, and patience to 
restore it. Regrettably, it will probably be scrapped.

        Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY


On 11/26/19 4:16 PM, Paul Heller wrote:
> I�ve only seen one guy restore things that badly rusted to like new 
> condition. He used to be active on Greenkeys.  His name is Rice. He 
> did some truly amazing work.
>
> Paul
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