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Just brought home my very first VIC III. It is very nice, a little bit of cleaning, tune up, reproducer rebuild, and it will be like new. Very happy!
It has an anomaly, the ID plate is stamped VIC III twice, once normal and the other is too low and off to the right. I suppose this isn't too unusual but it is the first I have seen.
Cliff
My Very First VIC III
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CDBPDX
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My Very First VIC III
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Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
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Bruce
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Re: My Very First VIC III
Nice find Cliff. It will show very nicely in your collection
Bruce
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Re: My Very First VIC III
Very nice!!! Congrats.
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Re: My Very First VIC III
Jealous, always wanted one of these, wrong country though
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Re: My Very First VIC III
Congratulations, Cliff. A Victor III is on my "want" list. Would you share how much you spent? I like tracking prices comprehensively.
Best,
Fran
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Jerry B.
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Re: My Very First VIC III
That's a good looking machine. I love this little factory mistake with the double stamped ID tag. It makes it more interesting. Good find!
Jerry Blais
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Re: My Very First VIC III
Excellent find! The horn's in great shape.
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CDBPDX
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Re: My Very First VIC III
Rebuilt the motor, cleaned up the cabinet a little bit, cleaned and installed a new leather pad in the bullet brake, tomorrow I'll rebuild the reproducer, put a green felt on the turntable, and see how it sounds. Getting pretty excited!
Cliff
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Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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CDBPDX
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Re: My Very First VIC III
Here is a picture of the patent tag, date only shows 1, 1902. The month is missing.
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Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
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Re: My Very First VIC III
Very Nice... Where did you find it? Antique Store, Classifieds?? If you don’t mind me asking, how much did you pay? Typically these can’t be had for less than 1500.00.