[Hallicrafters] Re: Hallicrafters Digest, Vol 37, Issue 18

[Rich Soennichsen]

My ideas:

Copper plate the whole chassis, that way you have to polish it often,
a continual "restoration"

Flock it.

Do it in deep shag. (Kinda hard to find the knobs)

astroturf

73s
Rich
W7SOE


> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:09:54 -0800
> From: Julian Bunn <Julian.Bunn at caltech.edu>
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Look at this beauty!
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
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> The crappy S-76 I bought on Ebay arrived today.
>
> These pics will make your eyes water: be warned!
>
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/390757916_8f32a81072_o.jpg
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/390757852_7481776cf9_o.jpg
>
> I have another S-76, which I am very impressed with, and bought this
> one to have some special fun with. My intention is to re-do the front
> panel and
> case in some outlandish colour, put new lettering on, replace all the
> knobs,
> generally go in the opposite direction to originality ... but to retain the
> electrics and re-cap etc..
>
> Suggestions for colour schemes, knob types, etc. are most welcome:
> the more radical the better :-)
>
> Julian