Someone please rescue this from a fate worse than death

[JohnM]

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/atq/2046288046.html

[Wolfe]

What might that fate be?

An empty humpback Victrola cabinet isn't something I'd want, even for free.

Might as well be a liquor cabinet or whatever.

[JohnM]

It's a VV-330, wolfe, not just any humpback, and the fate would be cat scratches and cat piss. I sometimes forget that my interest in phonographs is to preserve them for subsequent generations.

[Wolfe]

It's a VV-330, not just any humpback, my interest in phonographs is to preserve them for subsequent generations.

Point taken.

[Jerry B.]

The biggest knock against this project is the fact that the motor board area has been cut away. If that had not been done, it would be a much easier project.
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I live about an hour away from this cabinet. I believe it's a worthy project so I'll offer to pick it up and deliver it to Union for free. That's my contribution to saving this Victrola. Any takers?
Jerry Blais

[spin78's]

Nice as it may be (and somewhat rare) it's still not worth the asking price. I bought a complete one locally here a few years back for $50...unfortunatly it had been stored in a barn and some critters had chewed every corner of the cabinet.

[estott]

On the plus side it's the only humpback cabinet that is worth looking at twice.

On the minus side it's had a major gut job.

This is a good candidate for refitting with a CD player and stereo speakers- and I suspect that is why it was gutted.

[Covah]

They could get some money for the hardware on eBay. Then put the hulk out as a freebie.

Some must die so others may live.