08-02-2016, 11:20 AM
It never fails to amaze me how people have the enthusiasm and drive to take on the most daunting of tasks.
From 1994 to 2000, when the lease on the premises ran out, Steve Harris set up and ran a Vintage Wireless Museum with lots of vintage broadcasting gear on show. Most of the collection went to the BBC. Steve has a link to pics of the former museum, (which had 25,000 visitors), on his 'On The Air' website).
I guess that (in the nicest possible way), undertaking daunting long-term projects is a form of 'OCD' or what some would call 'eccentricity' but it makes the world a better place and long may it continue.
I have a friend who - many years ago - bought two scrap MGBGT cars - both rotting heaps. He's spent every waking hour making one good one out of them, but sadly, he's now quite ill and it's a project he won't live to see the end of. Bodywork done, engine and gearbox restored and installed, doors and window winders restored, brakes and steering all in, most electrics and fuel supply done, instrumentation and upholstery and spraying still to do. Self-taught - he was a chef by trade. Triple by-pass 15 years ago, one lung removed, and he still soldier on. What a guy.
From 1994 to 2000, when the lease on the premises ran out, Steve Harris set up and ran a Vintage Wireless Museum with lots of vintage broadcasting gear on show. Most of the collection went to the BBC. Steve has a link to pics of the former museum, (which had 25,000 visitors), on his 'On The Air' website).
I guess that (in the nicest possible way), undertaking daunting long-term projects is a form of 'OCD' or what some would call 'eccentricity' but it makes the world a better place and long may it continue.
I have a friend who - many years ago - bought two scrap MGBGT cars - both rotting heaps. He's spent every waking hour making one good one out of them, but sadly, he's now quite ill and it's a project he won't live to see the end of. Bodywork done, engine and gearbox restored and installed, doors and window winders restored, brakes and steering all in, most electrics and fuel supply done, instrumentation and upholstery and spraying still to do. Self-taught - he was a chef by trade. Triple by-pass 15 years ago, one lung removed, and he still soldier on. What a guy.
Regards, David.
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BVWS Member.
G-QRP Club Member 1339.
'I'm in my own little world, but I'm happy, and they know me here'
