19 set shock mounts .....

[Mike K]

Hi Ron

Those look like my shock mounts ! But you only have 2 !

In the early 1980's I used to browse at HAM RADIO SUPPLIES in Highett st Richmond . It was in an old wooden building, just about ready to fall down, the roof leaked . Imagine my pleasure one day, after I found a box full of those shock mounts , must have been 50 of them .

In another box I found about 40 of the rubber B set antenna mounts for the 19 set . These i bought for 5 bucks , the whole box .

The old chap on the counter liked me for some reason and he would sometimes give me the key to the upstairs storage room . In the storage room were boxes full of 11 , 19 and 22 set valves ... all new in their wartime packaging . The valves were 50 cents each .

Kicking around on the floor were 19 set spares boxes , these would be a dollar each . In the side room there was a huge pile of 62 set leads and accessories in a huge tangled mess on the floor .

The store was one of those long forgotten Melbourne treasures Mike