My "Newbie" Collection

[6.1SRT]

I gathered these up here and there and the Lasonic was a gift from the wife. Besides the Lasonic, I have roughly $32.00 in these. All work and have functional radios, lights and cassette players. They are nothing super special, but not bad for roughly 6 months of yard sales and flea markets....

 

[blu_fuz]

JUMBO!


Hell of a pile for the little cash you have into them.


Nice job hunting them down.

 

[6.1SRT]

Thanks! The hunt is the fun part! You never know what you will find. Rather not spend a ton of cash unless its one of those "gotta have" pieces.

 

[MyOhMy]

Great collection for such a small outlay, if I had that kind of luck I'd be out on the prowl every day hunting for bargains like these.

 

[6.1SRT]

Thank! Oops, I just realized I posted in the Walkman section... Yeah, mostly being in the right place at the right time and dumb luck. And being really cheap helps. Like I mentioned in another post, they are something i want, not need, so I will just haggle to get the price down or just walk away. I got the Magnavox for free because I asked them to plug it in and show me it worked, and when they did, it didnt work. They then said they were going to throw it out, i said I would take it off there hands anyways. I got it home and noticed it was on 220 volts and I then switched on to 110 volts and all works as it should....like I said, dumb luck!

 

[SLO]

Welcome, and good for you for having the self control and patience to buy cheap.

 

[goodman]

congrats for this collection. this is good start...

 

[Northerner]

Awesome start for bargain prices. Love the Lasonic, fab gift

 

[metalhandbag]

Nice pile for little money result .

 

[6.1SRT]

Today's purchase: Needs some help though. Need antennas, volume knob and tuning knob. What do people use to clean the white speakers? They are very dirty and the right one is a bit stained. I cleaned the outside up and it came out great but the speakers look awful.

 

[Northerner]

I always paint mine with acrylic artists paint, put it on with a wide soft brush, put it on really thinly, and don't do the flexible edges. It'll gleam like new

 

[6.1SRT]

How do you generally prep the speakers? Small vacuum for the dust/dirt I am assuming, but what about the stains? Paint over them?

 

[-GZ-]

Pretty sure member badboybill freshens up his white speakers using bleach and a paint brush or a bleach/water mix. PM him.

 

[baddboybill]

I've used both bleach and acrylic white paint depends how dirty they are and to much bleach can ruin speakers. I would suggest wiping them down and using paint brush to paint them with very thin coat.


Bad Boy Bill

 

[baddboybill]

Bad Boy Bill

 

[Transistorized]

Wow. $32 dollars for all that? What great finds. My wife would be tickled pink if that's all I spend on mine.

Say. Your screen name on here. Does that mean you own an SRT4 or one of the SRT8's? I'm a car guy too so just wondering.

 

[6.1SRT]

SRT8. Have a 2010 Challenger SRT Hurst Series 1

 

[Transistorized]

SRT8. Have a 2010 Challenger SRT Hurst Series 1

Cool deal man. Nice ride