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northerner - 2013-06-15 10:15

Right on the back of my long awaited first ever car boot find I've just picked up my 2nd!

It's no grail but its the mintiest box I've ever seen, it just looks like new. This is how it came out of the box, I've done nothing to it. Reckon its spent most of the last 30 years in its box...which came with it

Its also got a proper line in so I'm sitting in the garden pumping a bit of Newcleus thro it now

Got a soft touch logic deck that doesn't even need rebelting!

So its no grail but its minty, boxed, fully working, got a line in, and the best bit is that I found it!

northerner - 2013-06-15 10:19

Bloody iPhone tells me it didn't upload the post so I do it again now there's two! Ignore this one!!!!

mankamaz - 2014-01-07 15:34

You lucky man!!! here in spain car boot sales are not common

seb968 - 2014-01-07 15:58

Wow Si, thats quite a find; nice little Aiwa in mint condition, that is a really good stroke of luck!

shane - 2014-01-07 18:59

Right, that's me off to the local car boot this Saturday, bet I won't find a blooming thing. You lucky, lucky b#%¥$€t...

northerner - 2014-01-07 23:41

Yeh I find boxed boomers every week...not! Ha ha. Actually the thread title tells you how infrequently I get any success at car boots. This was my only other car boot find:

http://REPLACEMENT ERROR/topic...g-at-a-car-boot-sale

To be fair I don't go very often or get there very early. Plus the only year round one is crap so the decent ones are only on for half the year.

Its a buzz to find something nice though so worth the effort

stereo.mad - 2014-01-09 00:34

Nice little touch si....iv never found anything at a car boot wich Is strange as there must be plenty of boxes out there in people's lofts,sheds etc

northerner - 2014-01-09 04:21

Originally Posted by stereo mad:

Nice little touch si....iv never found anything at a car boot wich Is strange as there must be plenty of boxes out there in people's lofts,sheds etc

yeh but they're all in our lofts, sheds etc!

deech - 2014-01-09 04:28

Northerner how is it going with the GF9000

you needed parts mate??

northerner - 2014-01-09 04:36

Originally Posted by deech:

Northerner how is it going with the GF9000

you needed parts mate??

Its been stripped and serviced and is all working. Need to polish the tuner dial etc as its pretty scuffed, just not had time to do it over Christmas and have had man-flu for the last week so couldn't be arsed to do it lol

All I'm missing is the little internal/external speaker knob which isn't essential and new woofers as one is damaged. I wanted to make sure the cosmetics were up to standard before I spent any money on new speakers but its looking very positive....soon as the polishing is done and I'm happy with it I'll get new woofers.

I am keen for another 9000 power supply and switch for my other 9000 as its still a battery only machine...if this new one wasn't right then I was going to scrap it for the power supply but its definitely no scrapper!

deech - 2014-01-09 04:39

Because i know you are a practice magician

when you work on bboxes i d like and i guess

all of us would like to see some pics of the

work you do on it !!

northerner - 2014-01-09 04:42

Thanks Deech! Yeh I'll post a before and after thread once its sorted as it was pretty grim looking when I picked it up

hisrudeness - 2014-01-09 08:03

Thats a a really tidy nice looking box.

brutus442 - 2014-01-09 10:48

Originally Posted by hisrudeness:

Thats a a really tidy nice looking box.

Ditto^

Well done Si! Was the Misses with you when you bought it? Mine would've slapped the backside of my head....bought I would have bought it regardless

northerner - 2014-01-09 11:14

Ha ha she was there actually, she doesn't mind me picking up a bargain...I just tell her I could make a good profit on it and she's quite keen then. Of course I don't sell it lol but she loses track of what I've got and so I'm fine.

samovar - 2014-01-09 11:21

Originally Posted by Northerner:

...she loses track of what I've got...

textbook definition of wishful thinking

deliverance - 2014-01-09 11:21

tster - 2014-01-09 11:37

Si that is a minty find great score, nice looking and fantastic condition, that makes gettin up all the more worthwhile eh?

northerner - 2014-01-09 11:56

Wishful thinking?...nah, she definitely loses track but it's not like I'm piling them in the house by the truckload lol

Actually this Aiwa is still boxed up in the shed...doing a Reno lol

radio.raheem - 2014-01-09 12:55

Originally Posted by Northerner:

Wishful thinking?...nah, she definitely loses track but it's not like I'm piling them in the house by the truckload lol

Actually this Aiwa is still boxed up in the shed...doing a Reno lol

classic si.....i wish i could get someone to dump the lot in my shed si lol most of it was smashed by vandals,,,,the council want something like £10 an item....they know where they can go haha....some times i curb dump haha....well the inviroment is srewed anyway with all these dead ps3 ipods nucluar plants so who cares lol