Back in the day, my dad and uncle who are rabid ham radio dudes used to travel and stay at my place to attend a ham radio show and always made it to Boeing surplus for all kinds of stuff. One year they both bought hundreds of large vacuum variable capacitors and inductors. By the pound. They both made many thousands of dollars re-selling them within the ham radio community. I always wondered what Boeing even used these for unless they were from WWII leftover stock or something. I went there a few times and there were deals to be had but I didn't really need a tow tug or 727 cockpit on a trailer.....tools, drill bits, safety wire pliers, rivets for cents a pound. Shame they are gone now.
Anyone remember Boeing surplus?
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In my neck of the woods Boeing used to have a large surplus store where you could buy all kinds of neat stuff.
That's the place I am talking about. It was in Kent. Been 20+ years since I was there and it closed in '07.
It was a cool place for sure. I've still got some plastic faced hammers I bought there. I always found the drill bits pretty worn out, though.
They had a lot of different stuff there. One time they had brand new in the boxes airplane coffee machines. Square miles of new carpet of strange design. Bathroom fixtures. Tanks, motors, machine tools.....the list is endless and varied. FCFS
I just checked, looks like Mesa Arizona. Another great reason why to retire down there lol.
Did Boeing ever make 105mm Howitzers? Always wanted one. They make really imprssive lawn ornaments.
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Just not the same.
There’s a Wilton Bullet vise in there. Well worth grabbing that one!
I would so love to park one of those on my front yard with the arm pumping and imagine the Karen tears driving by.