[Milsurplus] Re: kicking ourselves for what we didnt buy back then

[Scott Johnson]

Keep in mind that the end of WWII came about rather abruptly, had we needed
to invade Japan, the war would have gone on much longer,hence requiring much
more equipment.  To that end, there were huge stockpiles of everything, from
a country whose industrial might was unmatched.  At the same time, strides
were being made in the electronics art so fast that almost everything
designed for and even during the war was obsolete by its end, hence the
large glut of electronics after the war.

Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Isbell" <millenniumfalcon at cableone.net>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: kicking ourselves for what we didnt buy back
then


> Back in 1967 or there abouts I worked at the University of Texas and we
> purchased 144 ARC  5's for use in a 12 x 12 array for a Radio Telescope.
>  They were $1 each.  Where are they now?  God only knows.
>
> BOEING377 at aol.com wrote:
>
> >We all kick ourselves for not having bought NOS ARC 5s etc when they were
> >dirt cheap, but what similar surplus opportunities present themselves
today? Are
> >there any? Aircraft instruments are going to become rare as glass
cockpits
> >become the norm. Are we going to kick ourselves for not having bought
some of
> >these when they were relatively cheap and plentiful? What about currently
> >available radios? Somehow I don't see ARC 58s or ARC 102s becoming highly
> >collectable, and I don't think any NOS units were sold surplus, but who
knows? The cheap
> >new PRT 4s and PRR 9s (squad radios) are largely ignored, but thats just
what
> >we did with the cheap NOS ARC 5 stuff. We thought it would always be
there.
> >Your thoughts on present opportunities that we will be kicking ourselves
for not
> >pursuing if we live another decade or two?
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