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Nathan's 112 Highboy
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Today I'm excited to kick off the restoration of my 1931 Philco 112 Highboy!

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4466/3754...45ec_z.jpg] [Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4447/3691...5c91_z.jpg]

This was the first time I bought anything from willeezwarez on eBay.
Willee ships via Greyhound which keeps shipping costs down (he also eats some of the shipping cost as a way to entice bidding).
He does an *awesome* job packing these big consoles. Here's how it arrived:

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4387/3721...64ea_z.jpg] [Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4348/3654...3201_z.jpg]

Now Greyhound shipping takes a long time. Seriously. I bought this on July 22. I brought it home from the Greyhound terminal on September 20.
Tracking was really spotty - it basically just looked like it sat in Chicago for the better part of 2 months - and still showed as in Chicago after it arrived.  Icon_rolleyes

The important thing is that it arrived safe and sound. Icon_thumbup


Messages In This Thread
Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-28-2018, 04:14 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-28-2018, 04:51 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by morzh - 01-28-2018, 05:11 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-28-2018, 11:08 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by gregb - 01-28-2018, 11:40 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by KCMike - 01-28-2018, 11:50 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-30-2018, 12:38 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-31-2018, 01:26 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-31-2018, 01:49 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-31-2018, 02:24 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Kestas - 01-31-2018, 04:38 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-31-2018, 05:40 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-31-2018, 08:50 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-05-2018, 12:08 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-05-2018, 12:30 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Radioroslyn - 02-05-2018, 11:45 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-05-2018, 12:01 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-08-2018, 01:02 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Ron Ramirez - 02-08-2018, 06:54 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-08-2018, 07:41 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Ron Ramirez - 02-08-2018, 11:02 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Radioroslyn - 02-08-2018, 01:08 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-08-2018, 01:24 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Steve Davis - 02-09-2018, 02:30 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-09-2018, 02:44 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Radioroslyn - 02-09-2018, 11:01 AM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-19-2018, 09:17 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-19-2018, 09:20 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by morzh - 02-19-2018, 10:21 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by Nathan Slingerland - 02-19-2018, 10:31 PM
RE: Nathan's 112 Highboy - by EdHolland - 02-23-2018, 07:44 AM



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