[Hallicrafters] Re: ID this Hallicrafters RX?

[Charlie]

Yep, I agree.  I enjoy restoring the trash-can radios a lot more than paying 
top dollar for a "gottahave".  To me, the relative (low) "investment" is 
part of the fun.   It's sorta like Ice Cream that's on sale always tastes 
better than full price stuff doesn't it?  Then again, maybe I'm just too 
cheap!

One of my favorites is a 75A-2 that I bought for $2.00 at an auction.  It 
was in SAD shape.  It took about $50 worth of scavenged missing parts (BFO 
assembly, meter, knobs, etc.) and now is one of the first I turn on to check 
the AM windows.  Oh, it was in a 32V-3 cabinet at the time,  which now has a 
nice new powder coat (ala Howard Mills) and will house my 32V when it's 
done.

73' Charlie k3ICH


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Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: ID this Hallicrafters RX?


>> I was merely saying, if you don't look at
>>it as an investment,  it's not an issue. If you look at it as something
>>you enjoy, an old radio  that's fun to restore and use, and the bottom
>>falls out of the  micromarket of classic radio gear tomorrow, you've
>>lost nothing because  you still get out of it what you intended:
>>enjoyment, satisfaction. Hard  to put a price on that. The only
>>protection needed is more time to enjoy  the stuff.
>
>
> With all due respect let's probe that a little to find out  if this is 
> really
> true. Have you ever negotiated for a lower price on a  piece of equipment 
> for
> sale somewhere you wanted? Haven't we all? Isn't the  financial side of
> buying and selling really important to all of us then whether  we are 
> willing to
> admit it or not? If you bring something to sell what guides  your selling 
> price
> decision? Current actual selling price history? 1964 selling  prices? Off 
> the
> cuff or whether you like the potential buyer or not? What  if I decided to
> sell you my all original 1932 National AGS Airport receiver  setup in the
> original rack with original exposed cone speaker, coils in the  coil racks 
> and GRDPU
> power supply for $500 because I thought you would be a good  owner for it 
> who
> would appreciate the history of it and honor what it was? What  I would 
> want
> of course would be for you to honor the special  arrangement I extended to 
> you
> by finding another appreciative  prospective owner and offering similar
> arrangements when the time came for  you to sell but how could I know for 
> sure you
> would do that? What if you  decided to sell for $10K because that is what 
> the
> market currently happens to be  for a complete setup like this? What kind 
> of a
> statement would that make about  me and wouldn't I be risking being made a
> fool but I guess, who would care?
>
> It is commendable to be in a position to love old radios without regard 
> to
> the financial aspects of buying and selling but I am not in that group 
> yet. I
> still work a Monday through Friday job and would like to be able to retire
> comfortably someday so I have to keep an eye on values and whether the 
> prices I
> decide to buy at or sell for are wise or not. I want my finances in order
> and trying to retire while still having old debt and a home  mortgage is 
> not a
> wise plan. I try to keep current of market values  for everything I have 
> and I
> usually know current values for stuff that  I am interested in because I 
> have
> to be careful about the choices I make or my  plans might not work out. No 
> one
> knows what the future will bring and I might  find myself having to sell
> radios someday, who knows, but I sure don't want to  be in a position that 
> these
> things have put me in a hole I cannot get out of. If  I retired in a tent
> someday with old radios stacked up around my ears would they  say I did it 
> for the
> love of the hobby or would they say I sure was stupid?  Maybe it doesn't
> matter to everyone but it matters to me.
>
> 73, Greg
>
>
>
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