Incredible personal grail find

[ford93]

Theres nothing like finding your long lost treasure congrats my friend!

 

[saxonman]

That is a great find!! the chances of that is slim I just love this!!! well done

 

[Torque3k]

What a great story!

 

[Gluecifer]

Beautiful stuff Roman! Couldn't happen to a more deserving collector too!

Forgive me for not seeing this thread when it was first posted!!



Rock On.

 

[redbenjoe]

this was my personal grail

and/or -
jacking this fine celebrational thread to test out
fatdogs new image contraption

WORKS !!!'thanks, fatdog

 

[ViennaSound]

Yeah, another "personal grail" came in.

Ok, not my first one, the original one broke long ago.

My very first pocket calculator, found this weekend on flea.
SANTRON

spacy green counttubes

paid a heavy price for it:
20cent

 

[bibox]

Could it be that isn't dirt but mold/fungus? Some types of plastic breakdown over time and attract biological growth. Also, the broken tip might be a function of a design weakness, i.e., they all broke like that. Just sayin......

On the other hand, I have found items I lost, sold, or had stolen from me years before in the most unlikely places. Lightning could very well have struck you in the same way. In any case, congratulations on finding and early personal icon.

 

[ViennaSound]

Let´s hijack this thread again.

Yesterday something came in.
Not really a "personal grail", but a memory from yesterday:

BMX speed 20

the same type i owned back in time

only matching: all yellow parts on mine has been white (more exclusive)

Bendy, can you identify the age?

 

[zorlac]

That is a cool story, it should be mentioned in the next boombox book.. You have found your soul mate.

 

[weetabixears]

nice 1 mate that box was meant to be yours atb daz

 

[roguez]

What an amazing story. Congratulations.

 

[ViennaSound]

Can the find of my first boombox be topped?
Maybe!

Look what i found.
A nearly never used 170 in the original boxing!!!!

fully working

comparo with my own 170 :super:

funny:
Got it in a bunch of radios/boxes.
Must take all 5 for 15euros.
There was also a TELEFUNKEN tranny in original boxing.
Sold it on the bay for 25
So the 170 was a freebie

 

[Superduper]

Isn't it amazing? When we are young, we just couldn't wait to grow up, even though we had the current to our backs.

Then as we grow up and see the huge waterfall just up ahead, we can't stop trying to swim back to where we came, when we were young again. Only this time, we are swimming, like salmon, against the current, until someday, the current flips us over the waterfall.

What's this have to do with boomboxes? I dunno.. But it's the truth.

 

[=ml=]

Wow! That's a [_____] story, Roman!

Boomboxes move in mysterious ways...

Go!

=ml=

 

[stormsven]

Massive catch Roman . But still i think the old one (yours) have a better, almost impossible story and nothing can move her from your heart . Dude did you graduate in some secret "boomboxhunt university" . Probably you have professor title .

 

[Pointdexter1906]

Massive catch Roman . But still i think the old one (yours) have a better, almost impossible story and nothing can move her from your heart . Dude did you graduate in some secret "boomboxhunt university" . Probably you have professor title .

Agree! And congrats on these incredible finds Roman! It kills me that we have no fleamerkets and swap meets where I live in Slohio, oops, I mean, Ohio... All we have are these so-called antique malls, where they sell nothing but old Raggedy Ann dolls and vintage salt shakers.

 

[Fatdog]

Dude did you graduate in some secret "boomboxhunt university" . Probably you have professor title .

 

[ViennaSound]

And one more time....

Yesterday i found this poor 170 on flea.
For 3 bugs i could not leave it

very damaged and broken switches.
But does not matter, this one will get parted.
So i could finish my box of the military days.
The batterydoor is on it and a good antenna.
Also the volume knob
And: the strap!

and some batteries....

 

[Andy_from_Perth]

great thread, really enjoyed the story

 

[hollyrockets]

Wow....I remember reading your previous thread about your quest for this model. But to find YOUR old radio....man...that is just one of the best stories I have read on this site!

Congratulations.....

GREAT, GREAT NEWS!

Thanks for sharing.