[R-390] Hank Arney Restoration Job

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Hot diggity dog! Today was a big day for me!

For the last 4 or 5 years I've had an old '59 S-W 390a stashed
far away upstairs in a safety-kept spot that kept it away from
dogs, kids, and mice. Now this radio wasn't a virgin by any
means, but at the same time it was a far cry from being a
blue-striper survivor from the massacre too. Fairly easy on the
eyes actually and it appeared to be a thorobred, filled with
100% Stewart-Warner modules.  While there were no indications of
any mods or field changes whatsoever, it did have 3 fuses that
appeared to be from the factory.

To make a long story short the time and the money finally rolled
around, and I dropped an email in Hank Arney's mailbox about
possibly bringing my vintage prize back to life for me. He said
that it would be a while, but he'd contact me at the appropriate
time.....which he later did.  He had a dickens of a time with
some wafer switches, the PTO, and other things too, but one by
one he crossed them off the list and did the radio proud.

As of this afternoon, my now BEAUTIFUL Hank Arney restored
Stewart-Warner R-390a is back home where she belongs, and man o'
man does she look sweet. A beauty of a fresh grey-front panel
that's been re-silkscreened to perfection, fresh alodining,
proper covers, and gnats-ass detailing everywhere you look ...
and that's just on the outside. I can't wait to pop the covers
and check out the reworked gear train, and all the rest of the
freshly reworked/rebuilt/recapped and re-markable work that Hank
has done for me. Then she's getting slipped right inside the
CY-979A/URR case that rolled through here 3 or 4 weeks back. Oh
YEAH!!

Dammit anyway! I'm in a wheelchair, and I'm so screwed-up that I
can't get the radio anywhere even close to properly hooked up
tonite. I'll have to get my son to help ol' Pop, and we'll see
what we can do for a couple of proper antennas. But I sure CAN
throw a length of wire on the floor and see what I can hear out
there tonite.

Thanks a million Hank! You did a beautiful job. I could have
done this in a private email to you, but I wanted to show you
the respect and admiration that's due you for the work that you
do.

I thought that anyone here on the list that isn't one of the 
'regulars' might not be familiar with you, and your work. If
that's the case, they do now! 

Thanks again .... Quig

PS: It really WAS a thorobred Stewart-Warner!






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