So of course I just COULDN'T scrap it .....

[init4fun]

I got one !!!!!!

Yes indeed , I've now got what appears to be a nice low hours 17DQP4A for $60 plus shipping and it showed up in one piece and testing very good compared to the one in the set . The getter looks nice & silvery bright , life test and shorts & all tested fine and it reads far better than the one in the set (the original reads 10 where this one reads 85) .

So I guess now I'm gonna have to buy it a good sized fistful of caps and have at it right after I move in the springtime ......

PS , the seller truly didn't know if it was a low hours pull or a rebuilt , so we went with the assumption it's a low hour pull . Any way to tell if it's been regunned ? (there is a weird looking area where the neck flares out to meet the bell that looks like maybe some specialized glass welding may have happened there ? , or could be from when it was built ?)