[Milsurplus] ART-13 "Unbuilt Kit"

[David Stinson]

Mel Vance wrote:

> See this kind of stuff on Ebay all the time....rip a perfectly good radio apart and sell it off in 
> pieces, thinking they will make more off it...

It's not always just about the money.
Parting out one can often help complete several people's sets.
I did this once with a WS-19.  I had bought about 80%
of a complete set.  I thought hard about it, then
decided I wasn't going to "do" a 19 set.  I let all
the parts go seperately.  I heard back from
guys who were able to complete their 19 sets and
they were just tickled.  I did the same with a
"hammed" BC-474.  The cabinet went to one person,
modulation transformer to another, key jacks to another
etc.  It filled "holes" for several people.
Occasionally parting-out a set can make a lot
of your fellow collectors happy.
In fact, I'm tempted over a couple of those
"ART-13" lots; I need some replacement knobs and
a spare autotune motor would be nice.
73 DE Dave AB5S.