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ram_g · 08-17-2020

So for those of you who like to put a face to a name, the guy on the right there is Doctor Don himself, of Corvette Bose radio fame.

I live about 1.5 hours away so rather than ship my defunct amps to him I told him I would drive them up. He offered (and I happily accepted) to swap out the circuit boards for rebuilt ones while I waited, in effect doing a core swap.

He has a great little shop piled high with car stereo components of every description, mostly Bose/Delco but other brands as well - in fact he was working on a 1940s car radio that had vacuum tubes! While he was swapping out my circuit boards he talked nonstop about himself, the radios, coronavirus, world politics, and some other things. He came across as a standup guy, a bit eccentric and very passionate (the latter two could describe a lot of us, I suspect!).

I would go to him again in a heartbeat.

(Mods - I don't see many people faces here so if I am breaching some kind of etiquette please delete this post.)

08-17-2020	#1
ram_g Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 183	Doctor Don So for those of you who like to put a face to a name, the guy on the right there is Doctor Don himself, of Corvette Bose radio fame. I live about 1.5 hours away so rather than ship my defunct amps to him I told him I would drive them up. He offered (and I happily accepted) to swap out the circuit boards for rebuilt ones while I waited, in effect doing a core swap. He has a great little shop piled high with car stereo components of every description, mostly Bose/Delco but other brands as well - in fact he was working on a 1940s car radio that had vacuum tubes! While he was swapping out my circuit boards he talked nonstop about himself, the radios, coronavirus, world politics, and some other things. He came across as a standup guy, a bit eccentric and very passionate (the latter two could describe a lot of us, I suspect!). I would go to him again in a heartbeat. (Mods - I don't see many people faces here so if I am breaching some kind of etiquette please delete this post.)