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Hello to all!

I have a Victor II for which I am seeking a motor board lock latch (don't know what it's really called lol) as well as a horn elbow for a black steel Victor horn. My lock latch is broken in half (don't ask!) and my horn elbow is kinda deformed at the bend to where the horn is angled down too low and it doesn't clear the metal tonearm. Picture below is of course of the lock latch. It's almost exactly 3 inches long.
Lastly, to whom these days should I send my Exhibition repro so it can be rebuilt?

Thanks to all all!!!

Wyatt Markus for the reproducer.
Put a wanted ad here on the forum for the elbow and keep checking eBay, they come up now and then.

http://edisondiamonddisc.com/

A horn musical instrument repair shop can fix your elbow. It's not a big job and the price should be quite reasonable.
Maybe John Duffy could do this too?
I have paid $20 in the past.
Blain

Can you post pictures of the horn elbow you have? It will help in advising what to do with it.
Ken

See attached picture. The one on the left angles down whereas the one on right angles up as it should.

That looks like it's from the sale from eBay, a Hump Back Victor II
You will need the elbow specific to a Victor II.
Yours looks homemade or someone made one fit from a Victor I perhaps???

Thank you for this info!! So i'm open to suggestions as to whether I should have the elbow straightened or replaced. Still need a lock latch too

And any jobber can repair the broken lock latch with a wire feed welder.
Tell him the two pieces have to lay flat and line up straight.

Whom ever made that one or put it together made the angle that way, I don't think it can be straightened, just my opinion.
Keep an eye out on eBay or someone here may have the correct one.

Didn't all rear mount Victor E's come with the small elbow and related hardware similar to the small case Victor 1?

Jerry B.

Pretty sure it's not a Victor E at all as the OP says, this is the name plate, and one can make out Victor II well enough.
Here's the link to the eBay sale, it's still up.
I can't answer your question, but I'm sure you may be correct that "E"s and Vic.1's are the same, but we are dealing with a Vic II Hump Hack.
The OP's elbow's flange is too wide, it should look like sample in his photo, but even that elbow may be from a Victor III to V.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/363848924780?n ... 7675.l2557