Anyone else collect vintage stuff?

[Monel Funkawitz]

Lately i've been on a vintage kick, and fixing up old radios. I have a 1926 Atwater Kent Model 35 radio enroute to my house right now that I got for a cheap price. Seems like less and less people know how to work on tube equipment anymore.

I like nothing better than getting a old radio that looks like it was buried in the ground for 90 years, restoring it, hunting for old parts, getting it all tuned & aligned, putting the B+ power to it and hearing Rush Limbaugh.

 

[wolf papa]

well, I'm not a collector, but I've got an old (@1951) guitar amp that I'm trying to get to playable condition.

 

[Analog]

I enjoy glass audio, but I approach it from a design standpoint, not restoration. I designed a tube preamp for a 550+ Watt Bass Guitar amplifier because the tubes have a more mellow sound.

 

[radioouman]

I have an old Realistic stereo reciever from 1980. Apparently it was top of the line then, with two phono inputs, four speaker outputs and a lot of other features. Plenty of power to drive the speakers that I have, so I'm not buying a newer stereo.

Does this count?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I collect vintage mustang memorabilia. One day I'm going to restore one to original configuration and then restore another one and beef it up to super sleeper proportions.

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

I'll still race ya and whoop your ass in my stang.

Its no fun anymore. I've beat ricers, Vettes, Porsches, old muscle cars... I'd like to sell it and get a 69' Cuda with a 426 Hemi installed, but I'm dreaming.