[Milsurplus] Amoral Conversions (was "SuperJalopyDyne")

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I suspect that if you had enough time all the drawings on the case 
parts are out there *somewhere*. Of course it might take a lifetime to 
find them....

With the drawings and a buddy in the Third World you probably could 
make parts for both the replacement and copy market.

Food for thought ....

	Bob Camp
	KB8TQ



On Aug 23, 2004, at 6:49 PM, AH7I wrote:

>
>
> Perhaps a solution and small PT biz opportunity exists here.
> The originals are hard to find and dear.
> A copy, in aspect, with FRS or CB as option would be fairly 
> inexpensive.
> Even if made with plastic, the original weight could be 'added' as is 
> done
> with many cordless phones(aside, if your handset is heavy, open it up 
> and
> remove the steel plate, if you don't consider this immoral ;-)
>
> You won't get rich, but I bet you could sell enough to make it worth 
> the
> trouble. Would suggest wholesale to the trade here.
>
> For a metal 'copy', it's amazing how cheap, small quantities of
> stamped/beaten metal and AL castings can be had from Pakistan, 
> Thailand,
> and Vietnam.
>
> 73,
> -bob
> ah7i (who has considered that rare Philco Predicta TV, the 
> reproduction of
> course, as a possible enclosure for his home PeeCee)
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, J. Forster wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:35:02 -0400
>> From: J. Forster <jfor at quik.com>
>> To: Tom Norris <r390a at bellsouth.net>
>> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Amoral Conversions (was "SuperJalopyDyne")
>>
>> I am reminded of the saying within the SCA (Society for Creative 
>> Anachronism)...
>>
>> The Middle Ages... not as they were, but as they should have been
>>
>> But, I do stand behind the word choice of immoral. It's clearly not 
>> illegal.
>> Others might say it's vandalism or barbarianism. People buy two 
>> hundred year old
>> antiques and drill holes for the wires for TVs or turn them into 
>> computer
>> centers. Sigh. Makes me sick.
>>
>> FWIW,
>> -John
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Norms wrote:
>>
>>> Awhile back on some of the re-enactor web sites, I remember
>>> seeing articles on how to convert PRC-6's and (EEK) BC-611's
>>> to FRS or CB. The modification basically gutted all of the original
>>> radio, installed an FRS radio or handheld CB remoted the ptt to
>>> the original ptt button and put in a modern speaker and mic element.
>>>
>>> Sigh. I'd hate to know how many radios have had that done to them.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> (Can't exactly say immoral - though it might seem immoral to
>>> one of *US* it might not be considered so by some reeinactors,
>>> they simply want the radio to *look* original. )
>>>
>>>> True, it's legal, but is it moral to take a NIB RAT-1 and 'convert'
>>>> it to a CB?
>>>> I'll bet it's been done.
>>>>
>>>> IMO, no.
>>>>
>>>> -John
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