02-04-2019, 04:21 PM
A little under 50 years ago I was a regular visitor to an outdoor junkyard. There were lots of interesting things there. One that I was rather proud of was an Ekco AD85 that had been exposed to the weather for many months and had the external appearance of grey concrete but with a bit of polishing the Bakelite case came quite nicely to life and after some fault finding and reconnecting all the corroded transformer wires it worked quite well too. Unfortunately I was induced against my better judgement to take the Ekco and a Bush TV22 along to the offices of The Scotsman newspaper for them to photograph for an article they were writing. Unfortunately the pavement outside was very icy and I slipped and smashed the Ekco before entering their office.
One of the other items from the junkyard that had also spent many months exposed to the elements was a Yost typewriter but I never got around to restoring it and with a little added dust it still retains its as found condition to this day.
Peter
One of the other items from the junkyard that had also spent many months exposed to the elements was a Yost typewriter but I never got around to restoring it and with a little added dust it still retains its as found condition to this day.
Peter
