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Bah, you can get For Sale signs just about everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by K6BSO
Years ago, I had a '62 Valiant. It's amazing how back in the day when you wanted a different car (notice I didn't say new) the one you had was "a piece of shit". It's funny how that POS became a collectable several years later. Excluding Yugos, of course. They are forever destined to be the eternal piece of shit.
According to this interview of a record label executive (who surprisingly wasn't the 'WIK), Diamond Dave once owned a Valiant.
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On the first day he met Van Halen:
Warner Music invited the band to the Petit Chateau on Lancashire in North Hollywood...to discuss their debut album. David Lee Roth showed up half an hour late, explaining his old Plymouth Valiant had broken down a couple of miles from the restaurant. Out of that lunch, we announced to the guys that they'd be going on a major tour to support their first record, and from there, we took them to the Whisky so they could rehearse for us. I later learned Lee Roth never went to pick up his rusty Valiant, and when I asked him why, he told me that it represented the past. All he was focused on was his future.
The Time David Lee Roth Abandoned His Plymouth Valiant to Rot: http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-ti...to-rot-2408133
This transmitter came from the estate of my friend Phil/KB2MAM. Getting some of these Johnson transmitters in and out of the Cabinet is a real pain in the ass. He solved this by putting the Valiant in a Johnson invader Cabinet , which had a hinged door on the top. Then he cut the bottom of the cabinet out, and added a hinge. Just remove 5 screws and it swings open. Very slick.
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Nice.
I am a big fan of "usability" mods such as that one.
You get on 80/40M AM with it, George?
Awesome rig dude. Someday maybe I can get me something nice too. Have fun with that!
I have a sked with a friend Sunday mornings on 75. When we are on AM, I usually use the Valiant.Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
Super nice looking rig.
In another Boatanchors thread I remarked that I got hold of an FR-101. We can add a transmitter (FL-101) to that, and early Saturday morning I managed to score a YO-101 monitor scope.Quote:
Originally Posted by w2amr
The TX was inspected, cleaned out and prepped for service over the weekend. Still have to wire the transceive cable and the accessory plug for filament power, RX mute and amplifier switching then test it. Tubes don't look like they've been abused (fingers crossed).
The YO-101 is going to require a little work to make it fully operational before being placed into service. At that time I'm going to change my center operating position to accommodate all the Yaesu pieces. Don't know if 15w AM carrier is going to be doable or not on 75 between us but we can give it a try.