[R-390] cy-979 cabinets

Mon Dec 27 07:16:23 EST 2010

I ended up with a black and a gray cabinet from Mac.  Mac is a straight up guy 
and his time is valuable so this is a generous offer of him to handle this 
transaction.

One of the cabinets I received was made by Laboy Industries of Camden NJ.  Like 
a lot of businesses in Camden NJ they are now out of business.  I must say the 
black cabinet reminded me of a black Cadillac, the paint I mean.

So if you want a cabinet refinished I would recommend an auto body shop.  The 
scope of work is known and small so you should be able to get a firm price.  
Also a powder coat shop would be great too.

Tom
N5OFF

----- Original Message ----
From: Jerry K <w5kp at hughes.net>
To: r390 list <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, December 26, 2010 6:38:13 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] cy-979 cabinets

If my endorsement is worth anything, I bought two of Mac's original 
batch of CY-979 cabinets Mac mentioned several years back (in addition 
to a fine Harris receiver from him) and was VERY happy with everything 
he sold me, and especially with effort he cheerfully expended in order 
to get them to me. I don't need another cabinet at this point, since I'm 
down to only one 390A receiver at the moment, but in case you're new on 
the list and don't know Mac's reputation, I can personally vouch for his 
integrity. He's very well known across the country, and he's a straight 
shooting Old Timer who will treat you right.

And Hi Mac, long time no see on here!

73, Jerry  W5KP   Mustang, OK  (Veteran R-390 list member from way back 
in the early Chuck Rippel days)

On 12/26/2010 3:34 PM, libbysales wrote:
> Readers:  several years ago I had found and offered a small sum of original 
>cabinets, that were for the large part still wrapped in those large brown sealed 
>bags, these were made in the 1989-1992 ear it seemed ..  those were sold and I 
>thought that was the end of them forever..
>
> But along the way I discovered several things, these came to me direct from a 
>DRMO facility, included in some of the pacing materials were original inspection 
>and DD-250 reports, these showed who had built the cabinets and when they were 
>accepted by the Govt buying activity.  I didn't give it a lot of thought at the 
>time,  but did keep the info, later I started making calls or trying to find 
>these companies, of the 3 firms one is no longer in business and no information 
>is available it seems... the second is still in business but has no interest in 
>this project, but did agree to sell me the drawing package for the total details 
>to build the cabinets if I so wanted, the third company is also still in 
>business, they have 28-32 of the cabinets left over from the last order, they 
>regularly over built on orders for these cabinets, to allow for shipping damage 
>and such ..  I know this fact to be a valid one,  in have found these cabinets 
>over the years don't always ship well or a
t
>   least w/o some damage... this company is also the company that made the last 
>production run and their cabinets featured the 'nut plate'  that floated..  this 
>allowed the receivers to actually fit into the cabinets far better and didn't 
>require you to have to hold your mouth just right to get the front panel screws 
>to force fit the front panel into the cabinet,  rather it allowed a very good 
>fit and didn't require near the effort to get the 8 front panel screws to all 
>align...
>
> some can see where this is headed,  they are very willing to sell the 32 odd 
>cabinets to me...  they feel sure they have this authority and will not be under 
>any restrictions...  personally I cant see any reason either,  it is not like 
>these cabinets ever posed any security risk or threat...
>
> from my experiences over the past 13 or so years I have hunted these cabinets 
>down and such, the packing shipping and such is a good part of the cost, this 
>company is not close to me..  I can buy these cabinets for 425.00 each shipped 
>to me or 385.00 if I drive up and accept delivery...
>
> I don't know what the market is,  but I will commit to buy the 32 cabinets and 
>offer them for sale for $480.00 each... I expect to have them shipped to me,  my 
>time and fuel cost would equate to a 4 day trip and fuel plus some small trailer 
>rental, so it seems to make better sense for these to just be shipped to me, I 
>can pack them and ship them for about 23.00 as I recall, that will leave me a 
>very small profit margin but I will have the fun and once more experience of 
>finding these and the like and I do enjoy these efforts...
>
> so this is offer #1  at 480.00 each  I will be able to provide a brand new 
>cabinet to you, shipped to your lower 48 address, I am told the data plates are 
>BLANK, they have no serial no. stamped into that area... the represented thinks 
>they have 6 black cabinets and the rest are gray, in 97' I had a few black 
>cabinets, I thought they were pretty much a pig in a sack at the time ..  I sent 
>one to Les Locklear and a few to Chuck Ripple ..  as I find out these are pretty 
>well sought after ..  but my point it looks like this lot might have a handful 
>included..
>
> Offer # 2  the company willing to sell the drawing package is wanting 2500.00  
>for the package, they claim the cabinets can be produced by most competent shops 
>using these drawings for about a 300.00 each price amount, painted and ready for 
>shipping...I don't know this for fact,  they are willing to let me have the top 
>level drawing package if I sign an agreement and promise to not do things that 
>will try and reverse engineer these cabinets,  if I agree to this offer it will 
>allow me to go out and try and find a local or nearby shop who can make these at 
>I hope a lower price and not have shipping involved, this is all speculation and 
>will require some extended time and effort on my part to see if indeed this can 
>be done and that the quality is equal or better...  I welcome your comments and 
>such on this idea...
>
> so we have some options here,  plan # 1 is pretty much a deal I am going to 
>do...  if you want to buy one of these or more as I have discovered, last time 
>one person bought 6 total... do this, make a deposit of $150.00 to my PayPal 
>account :  libbysales at austin.rr.com   I have no problem asking for this,  my 
>reputation is good for this,  the effort several years ago was drawn out and 
>obstacle filled but I did deliver all but one cabinet to those that had made 
>deposits or ordered one ..   to my knowledge everyone was pleased, it did take a 
>bit,  but no one got too pissed or such at the length it took .. IF you decide 
>you want to not buy or your financial situation changes I will be pleased to 
>refund your deposit money 100% no questions asked ... that is as good as I can 
>make it for you ..
>
> This has gone pretty long, but I know what I am offering, I know what is 
>involved, I have a good reputation on these cabinets...
>
> thank you for the read...  mac/mc  w5mc
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