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Mac MC-30 pair, distressed...

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"I have two project MC30 amps from McIntosh. They are partially disassambled. As is"

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Just spoke with the guy on the phone, and I'm probably going to go look at them this afternoon. One is in pretty good shape cosmetically, the other is apparently rusty in the chassis -- how much I don't know. The iron is good on one amp for sure and presumed to be good on the other. I have a couple questions for y'all:

In this condition, what do you suspect they are worth? I see that repaired amps could bring $2k or more, although the rusty one could post a problem. I don't know how much a repair and restoration costs either (I'm not doing it myself). I don't suppose new chassis are available for old tube Macs like this? Any help is appreciated.
 
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Holy crap!

Yeah, if the transformers are good, that's a no-brainer. There are new reproduction chasses available for the MC30 (though I don't know where...). Repair and restoration will cost some coin but should (probably) be worth it, given the popularity of these amps.
 
Some fellow was making them and selling them on the internet. Ak'er Dshoaf bought them, and Ak'er Sloober rebuilt them. They came out beautifully...
 
thanks for all the advice, guys. i'll probably be picking them up tomorrow, unless i get spooked off for some reason. then i will look into the new chassis and get into contact with Terry DeWicke. i have no idea what that's going to cost, but it sounds like i will probably do fine even if i just end up selling them when it's all said and done. between my refurbed Yammy B-1 and my soon-to-be-built F5, i'm not sure if tubes will fit into the picture, but you never know til you try!
 
yeah...you know what they say...something about counting your chickens and birds in the bushes...

if i didn't have to take a sudden trip to and from Chicago yesterday afternoon, right when i was first supposed to go look at the amps, these would have been mine. but it goes without saying promises to hold gear aren't worth much when you're dealing on CL, no matter how genuine the person sounds. onward to the next deal!
 
somebody else got them, either last night or early this morning.

now, if i had realized that many people seem to think these were the best sounding vintage Mac tubes, as i discovered when i got back last night, i might have found a way to make it happen yesterday, but it's really ok. no matter the potential, the last thing i really need right now is another project to obsess over, even if i'm not the one doing most of the work. i already have to figure out how to fix or replace a volume pot in my Stax, and i'll need to button up my F5 once Westend finishes the chassis. and THEN there's this little thing called a PhD thesis that won't write itself...
 
well now HOLD ON. things have a funny way of working out when you don't force the issue...

they are mine if i still want them. i think i have a post to write over on the Mac forum!
 
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