Finally found my all-time grail!

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1986GLH

1986GLH

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I've been looking for a Wheely 5000 for a very long time, and today the dream became a reality. This thing is in pretty rough shape, and it's going to need a ton of work, but I'm super excited about finally getting my hands on one of these.
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T-STER

T-STER

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Yes! Great score, always good to hear people getting their personal grails, it really does make your day or week. I got my number one box not so long ago and im still awaiting the day i look at it and dont smile,

Good score man, let the resto begin!
 
Transistorized

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That's great. Every time I see one of these I can see a lot of Conion C100 in them in the LED Light Bar and I Wonder if the side protector rails are the same...just bigger... :lol:
 
blu_fuz

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Ohhhh man, what a score! Yeah, was this a local wild find, one I MISSED?!?!?!?
 
1986GLH

1986GLH

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Thanks everybody for the kind words. I agree, this thing has a lot of similarities to the C100........but what really got my attention was when I set it next to the C100, it almost made the Conion look like a mini! The C100 does weigh a lot more than the 5000.........so I'm going to assume that the sound quality of the Wheely is not in the same ballpark, but I just had to have one of these. This was not a local find. I actually found it on Ebay for a BIN price, and I believe I saw it within a few minutes of the seller posting it up. It came out of Virginia, and although it wasn't cheap, I believe I got it for a pretty fair price.
 
Transistorized

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I'm sure you will have that thing cleaned up and going in no time. They truly are massive. Still can't make up my mind to try for one of these or a Super Jumbo J1. :hmmm:
 
floyd

floyd

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Awesome glad you got your grail box. believe it or not they had TV commercials advertising these radios that's how I bought the first one I had back around 1990-91 something like that I ended up pawning it to buy a sub box for my car.
 
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Dr DER

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Nice congratulations it may be Rough but it is well worth repairing it.. I'm still waiting on parts for mine.
 
blu_fuz

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Cool. I saw that one and minutes after they listed they dropped the price $100 and the next time I checked it was gone. Still a cool find. I hope you get it blasting again.
 
Lasonic TRC-920

Lasonic TRC-920

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CONGRATULATIONS

Man, that ain't in rough shape. MY WHEELY was in rough shape :lol: :lol: :lol: Blu_Fuz and Dr DER can attest to that! :bang:

But she is 97% perfect now. I have one tiny detail to get worked out (soon) and it will be 98% perfect
(except that horrible burn mark in the top :sad: )

AND YOU GOT THE ONE WITH THE SLIDERS UNDER THE EQ!!!
 
1986GLH

1986GLH

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Thanks again to all for the great comments! I'm chomping at the bit to open this thing up and get started on it. It did take some damage from shipping. The FM button broke off, the blue cassette door came off, and both decks got punched into the box. It does power up, but all I can currently get out of it is a humming noise. Somebody had the box open before, because several of the screws are missing. It's also missing the mic, echo, bal, vol knobs, but I'm thinking I'll either just use something I already have on those, or maybe I'll even try to turn some out of a chunk of aluminum. This box is definitely going to be the centerpiece of my collection. My two sons are already fighting over which one of them is going to inherit this thing some day!!!!!!!
 
Lasonic TRC-920

Lasonic TRC-920

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1986GLH said:
Thanks again to all for the great comments! I'm chomping at the bit to open this thing up and get started on it. It did take some damage from shipping. The FM button broke off, the blue cassette door came off, and both decks got punched into the box. It does power up, but all I can currently get out of it is a humming noise. Somebody had the box open before, because several of the screws are missing. It's also missing the mic, echo, bal, vol knobs, but I'm thinking I'll either just use something I already have on those, or maybe I'll even try to turn some out of a chunk of aluminum. This box is definitely going to be the centerpiece of my collection. My two sons are already fighting over which one of them is going to inherit this thing some day!!!!!!!
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You've got everything you need to put her back together right! Please document your resto, these are always fun to see take place. :thumbsup:
 
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Dr DER

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Lasonic TRC-920 said:
CONGRATULATIONS

Man, that ain't in rough shape. MY WHEELY was in rough shape :lol: :lol: :lol: Blu_Fuz and Dr DER can attest to that! :bang:

But she is 97% perfect now. I have one tiny detail to get worked out (soon) and it will be 98% perfect
(except that horrible burn mark in the top :sad: )

AND YOU GOT THE ONE WITH THE SLIDERS UNDER THE EQ!!!
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Yes it was..
 
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