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The Garbageman Strikes Again!!

petey.awol - 2008-06-21 08:44

Working my route picking up recycling (glass bottle, plastic, and metal) a man comes up to me and asks if i can throw out a TV set for him. I eplain to him that the TV isnt recycling and that I'd have the garbage guys come by and grab it. He then tells me he also has an "old big radio" he wants to toss out too. My ears go up like a dog seeing the mailman down the block. I say let me see the radio. Turns out its a Panasonic Rx-C300-2 in good condition just a little dirty from sitting in his basement. Lets just say he didnt have to wait for the garbage guys to come by to grab his TV set.

Side note : The tape player plays in reverse mode, but when i play it on the forward mode the tape doesnt wanna play, it just unravels the tape in the inside of the box. Motor? Belt? Some one have an idea ? Also i may be getting rid of this box after i clean the sucker up. Need money, looking for a bankroll for a Conion run. (maybe...might keep it after all, I dunno.)

petey.awol - 2008-06-21 08:45

Anyone got a link for a picture of this thing? I wanan send the pictures out to buddies who dont believe i find such things on my route.

moncheeto - 2008-06-21 08:55

hey man i belive you i happen to work for the city i am a automated driver for boynton beach and i see tons of stuff thrown out daily that people dont want..i get people flag me down to offer me to take stuff they dont want, up to now i have not been offered a bbx yet but dont think that i think about it waiting for someone to tell me they got a grail they want to get rid of Nod Yes Nod Yes Laugh Out Loud

oldskool69 - 2008-06-21 09:28

Well, I always knew I should have ben trolling in the garbage! What a find!!!

You'll see my RX-C300, midway up, big and square!

Plus go through the threads in the wanted section if youwant to sell. There's a guy looking hard for one. Nod Yes

petey.awol - 2008-06-21 09:30

so far on my finds (and i wasnt really even looking) was a GF 777 (i had to replace the speakers with mods) Lasonic 975, Sony CF 580, and an Awia 770.

Love this f*cking job.

anthiny - 2008-06-22 07:38

dude i have been looking for one of these Panasonic rx-c300's for years as you can see under my Aclinettech.com e-mail , Well its under CabanasAnthony@MaximumRaceEngines.com now with this user as Anthiny ,Dude Born and raised on Long island New york , I live in North Carolina now and i am very . very interested in that unit..........duuuuuuuuddddeeeeeeeeee oh i so am interested...........
Anthony Cabanas

anthiny - 2008-06-22 07:42

As oldskool69 said there is a guy looking hARD FOR ONE , He the guy he is reffering to would be Me........dude i am that guy ......Please if you buy any chance find an interest in selling the panasonic ...........please give me a try first , Read all my post youl see why i have been wanting this box...........

anthiny - 2008-06-23 08:29

I got your Instant messenger message , you have been added as a Friend and dude i am willing if you do decide to sell , TO DRIVE THE 530 MILES to new york and shake your hand hand you some cash and post the ultimate picutre of a dam long hard quest ! No problem i dont care if gas goes up to 10 bucks a Gallon

retro.addict - 2008-06-23 09:17

Peter Awol, be kind... I can see Anthiny really wants one of these! Cool

petey.awol - 2008-06-24 16:52

Cleaned this little bastard up. Hit it off with some Dexoit for the pots, and holy smokes. This is a really really nice sounding box. Loud as balls too.

However I can only play tapes in reverse mode. The side facing away from you. Wont play in forward position. Also wont FF or Rew. I know its got to be belts. I just dont wanna be resposible for opening this sucker up. COULD give it a wack however. WOULD ANYONE KNOW BELT SIZES? OR WHAT TO DO TO GO ABOUT REPAIRS?

Pics to follow. Borrowed a friends digi camera.

Like Jamie Fox said in Jarhead, "Hoorah! I love this job!!"

petey.awol - 2008-07-03 21:01

http://i28.tinypic.com/330qqgg.jpg

this is a ****ty phone cam pic ......

jaredscottfla - 2008-07-03 21:55

Anazing what people throw away,i've gotten some good junk from the dumpster too! Big Grin

anthiny - 2008-07-04 06:35

dude thats it ! even though you say the picture doesnt do its justice . I Beg to differ , The pic did what it was supposed to do .
Nice

petey.awol - 2008-07-04 06:46

I have pictures that are stuck in my friends digi-camera. Plus that weird gook on the speaker isnt there no more. I cleaned that sucker up to a nice shine. Plus if you notice the graphic eq arent even fully lit. Well deoxit took care of all that. This thing came back to life real well. Let me have a few more days for the pictures. I apologize for the delay.

(I spent over two weeks trying to get pics from my phone sent to my computer and it wouldnt go. Just randomly tried while at work on down time and it went through.)