[R-390] Shock mount update

[Dan Martin]

Well yeah, Les, your timing seems right. I moved to VA from CA in Jan. ‘96. In the early 90’s I picked up a near-mint 51J-4 in central CA and an equally nice ‘67 EAC from Jim Stitzinger, WA3CEX,  in So. CA. I bought cabinets from Mac during my first 2-3 years here In VA, in 1996-98.

Regarding their origin, I heard a similar story somewhere - I suspected it an urban legend at the time - but your comments back it up. My version was that the feds owed Mac a few bucks for services-or-products-rendered. Mac learned of some stored new cabinets in fed inventory and a swap was arranged in compensation.

I was so happy to obtain new, flawless cases for my 390A and 51J-4 that, at the time, I didn’t care about the price or tracking down the original source - but I’ve always wondered!

Dan

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> On Dec 1, 2019, at 6:51 PM, Les Locklear <leslocklear at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From what I remember (I'm 76 and my memory isn't what it once was), Mac offered those back around 1997 1998.
> 
> Mac was a contractor that did various installations on military bases back then. One that comes to mind was the emergency generator set-up at the Keesler AFB Medical Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. He had connections in their supply chain and was able to obtain those cabinets. I had one in black (I don't remember the manufacturer), complete with the shock mounts and skid plates in black. It matched my black faced R-390A at that time. Wow, that was over 21 - 22 years ago. Time flies.
> 
> I'm sure Mac will chime in with the "rest of the story."
> 
> Les Locklear
> 
> Everyone has a photographic memory.
> Some people just don't have film.
> ..Unknown..
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dan Martin <pitfit at comcast.net>
> To: Paul Staupe <staupe at gmail.com>
> Cc: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: 12/1/2019 1:39:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Shock mount update
> ________________________________________________________________________________
> 
> “Leave it to Surplus Sales
> to find a cache of 50 year old mounts!”
> 
> Indeed! Leave it to Mac, W5MC.
> 
> A number of years ago, I and many (a few?) others bought NOS (or newly manufactured?) CY-979A cabinets w/shock mounts and skids from Mac. A little later I bought a 51J-4 cabinet from him - the “real one”, with a hinged lid and the appropriately-sized panel cutout on the back.
> 
> Both cabinets came wrapped, packaged, and were clearly ”brand new”. Just beautiful.
> 
> Disclaimer - >not< cheap! I never knew how Mac came by them or where he is today. He was a big CCA guy back in the day.
> 
> Maybe Locklear, Rippel, or Howard, W5HM, who lives nearby, will know the story and provenance of Mac’s “finds” re: R-390A and J-4 cabinets.
> 
> Dan
> WB4GRA
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Dec 1, 2019, at 1:30 PM, Paul Staupe <staupe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Leave it to Surplus Sales
>> to find a cache of 50 year old mounts!
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