[R-390] ebay NOS r-390A

[Cecil Acuff]

How about the special sand in the gear train?

Cecil...:-)
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To: <Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] ebay NOS r-390A


>I think removing the blue stripe when doing the restoration  is  a 
>travesty!
> ----- Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com wrote:
>
>> Tisha,
>>
>>
>>
>> Picking up one of these radios I am filled with a sense of history.
>> These
>>
>> were on the front lines of the cold war, listening for the Russians,
>> Chinese
>>
>> and Vietnamese. I do not think that there would be the same sense of
>> history
>>
>> in a NOS radio that was stored in a warehouse since it rolled off the
>>
>> factory line.
>>
>>
>>
>> There is a real point I had not though on long enough. I have a Blue
>>
>> striper we know came out of an ASA sight some where and one that was
>> used in the
>>
>> Long Beach California ship yard prior to about 1980. The Long Beach
>> one looks
>>
>> better but it sure does not have the history of my blue striper.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for fixing my point of view.
>>
>>
>>
>> Roger Ruszkowski 33C4H</HTML>
>>
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