[Milsurplus] polished bare metal panel R 390s on eBay

[J. Forster]

If you just want something unusual (and sick) maybe you'd like "Pimp My
Pet" too?

Like sewing a cat's head onto a monkey body or something?

-John

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> The TV show Pimp My Ride comes to mind. Too bad there wasn't a wider
> public interest in boat anchor restorations and mods. Can you imagine a TV
> show along the lines of West Coast Choppers?
>
> Have there been any chrome plated 390 panels? Powder coated? Cammo? Wild
> colors?
>
> How about a shaft encoder, some decoder driver chips and a front panel
> mini nixie tube freq readout? Would there be room for that if you removed
> the Veeder Root machinery and milled out a larger window?
>
> These car and bike guys are just more committed than we are. I see car and
> motorcycle themed tatoos all the time but have yet to see an R 390 tatt or
> even a Collins logo.
>
> It would be fun to have a computer graphics R 390 "skin" for an SDR. It's
> far beyond my capability though.
>
>
> Having swore off back breakers and wrist wreckers years ago, I find myself
> once again in possession of a broken but restorable R 390A and a similarly
> afflicted Viking II. Things seem to go in circles.
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>
> 73,
> Mark
> AF six IM
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