Cool Heathkit

[ChrisW6ATV]

An unbuilt Heathkit roundie, now that would be the ultimate fun project. If one really existed, though, it would be much better to keep it unbuilt and every part displayed in a museum.

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

An unbuilt Heathkit roundie, now that would be the ultimate fun project. If one really existed, though, it would be much better to keep it unbuilt and every part displayed in a museum.

I saw one on eBay several years ago. It wend big $$$, naturally. It was complete but missing the CRT. I agree 100% that any unbuilt Heathkit TV should remain unbuilt. There was an unbuilt prewar Andrea kit in it's original metal display box that showed up several years ago too... Went to a true collector Back East, who I am sure is keeping it unbuilt.

I also sold an unbuilt (and sadly, incomplete) Heathkit solid state color set on eBay. A friend had bought it from a friend of his, and each time it passed hands, a few things didn't go with it

Charles

[bgadow]

The Radio Historical Society museum in Bowie, MD had (has?) an unbuilt NRI kit. I went and looked at it-solid state with a 25v tube, and the distinct possibility of some missing parts. (they knew one box was misplaced, but were pretty sure they had it somewhere; in one of the boxes that was opened I spotted not TV parts but a case for an AM table radio kit) I did put a bid in on it but they said so far the high bid was $200, which was about $150 more than I wanted to sink into it.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Around the mid-to-late 90's, a friend and I could have taken away for free an unbuilt Heathkit 25" color TV kit, with its CRT in a separate box. It was at the end of theday at a local ham-radio swap meet, and I think we had both already bought a few heavy objects or otherwise just didn't have the desire to lug "another project" home. Dumb, dumb, dumb!