660 miles + $650 = Conion C100

[baddboybill]

Well I finally got my 1st Grail off my shortlist...I had to drive to Minnesota to get her at 330 miles one way and 12 hours round trip with my awsome fiance, but well worth it...Shipping would have been a mere $40 and most likely this super clean box would have came broken... All she really needed was a great cleaning some deoxit in some controls...I will be getting 2 new antennas as both tips are broken plus new belts this baby is clean and 100% ,even working tray I bought it from a guy who just got it from an older gentlemen so you know it should be nice LOOK..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT


The last 3 pictures after I cleaned her up

 

[geoffhartwell]

congrats man, great price, looks super clean, i remember driving to pic up my conion a mere 40 miles the excitment was unbarable, 330 mile must of been great

 

[stormsven]

Congrats Bill . Worthy 660 miles .

 

[skippy1969]

Very nice Bill..........

 

[baddboybill]

Ok so I just checked and the i931 antennas fit pretty nice as long as you for sure use washers due to the tip being a slight bit narrower. So I just ordered two for $20 shipped.... Check pics

 

[Old school Scott]

Wow that's awesome!!
I did not even see that one on the Bay.

Cheers OSS

 

[fresh produce]

Congrats on your Conion C100 i had to drive 100 miles for mine worth the adventure great looking box

 

[-GZ-]

hmmmm.....road trips for pickin up new blasters. sounds like a new forum topic? cant wait for my first journey to pick one up. this delivery=broken crap is gettin old.

 

[sony_apm_fan]

Sensational work there Bill.

Looks minty too

 

[Gluecifer]

One of the greatest blasters ever! Great to see you score one Bill!



Rock On.

 

[alfie]

Good score Bill

A nice find for a nice price

It's about time you started knocking some of those grails off your list

 

[BoomboxLover48]

Congrats Bill . Worthy 660 miles .

Congrats Bill. It looks Awesome! You are one lucky guy!

 

[blu_fuz]

Damn it, I still want one of those!

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Now that's one trip I would be willing to make, Congrats Bill.

 

[baddboybill]

Thanks everyone... I will say my fiancé Jeannie has been a trooper... She allowed my dream to come true and she even came along and helped with the driving!!! Now that's Love.....She even helps with cleaning my bbx's, she is great

 

[jaetee]

Wicked! Great box, great story, great woman!!!!

Dibs (on the box!)

 

[im_alan_partridge]

Great work Bill, it must feel so great just staring at that monster knowing its yours. So whats next

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

The C100 is an obvious dream and it looks EXTRA great next to your collection! Great story man....nothing but jealous!

 

[baddboybill]

Thanks guys, this box is awsome I was a little affraid to take this one apart to clean it up and replace belts on the decks, plus the stereo was not really coming in so wanted to get that working. Well 1st I know now why everyone says its not so easy to take apart as most of the clips with wires are all same colors brown, red and orange so lots of pictures were needed...I also found out that the spring for the deck 1 was missing so I needed to make one out of and old spring I had and it works beautiful I cleaned inside box and deoxited switches and some pots...I was able to clean the mono /stereo switch which now works 100%...I replaced all belts and cleaned up both decks and got together for test when deck 1 did not work, well I narrowed it down to a dead motor Just by luck I have a few parts boxes and I got lucky because I had 2 - 12v 2400 ccw motors which work...So I replaced it and it works 100% I did notice also that someone had been in this bbx because a resistor in line with this motor had been soldered together so I will need to replace the resistor Anyone with the info on which resistor this is would be a great help....So this bad boy is back together working and looking 100% even the dial lights work great Here are some pics of wiring

 

[-GZ-]

looks great, bill!