Post #10342 by Swanky on Tue, Oct 8, 2002 6:57 AM

Kiliki and I have found a few old guys who run little fix-it shops who have lots of old parts and can and will fix anything. I think that's the way to go. Not through the Internet. One guy has fixed our color wheel for the aluminum istmas tree and our vintage blenders. He usually works very reasonably, thought sometimes is slow.

As for vintage stereo, I'd look for the same sort of thing. An old TV repair place that has a guy who in in his 60's. Back when TV's had tubes. The tubes can be found on Ebay, often in bulk. If you need them, he can tell you what you need.

My "vintage" stereo is only from the mid-70's and has no tubes. Quadrovox. MMmmm. But those tube are generally pretty simple if you are used to the technology.

When Sven was here for Hukilau and we went to our most drool-enducing antique store in Atanta, there was a turntable stereo unit I had passed up at the thrift store for $35-40 going to $550. Made me sick. I have to buy this stuff and not skimp any more.