"Museum" in San Luis Obispo, CA

[Brian Carling]

Ian, MANY THANKS for posting this info to the group.

We need to know about more places like this!

I wil add them to the "BA Haunts" listing on my web pages, and try to
visit the place next time I am out there on business.

All the best - Bry AF4K in MD

On  3 Apr 98 at 7:44, Ian wrote:

> I visited  Bob's Radio & TV in San Luis Obispo, CA recently.  He has
> an extensive eclectic collection of early radios ranging from the
> very earliest with polished wooden cases to 1950s plastics and
> metals (some even have been chromed for who knows what reason).  He
> also has a lot of
>
> miscellaneous radio related items and TV sets.  Some restored and
> operating (he played a couple) and some not yet restored or in
> progress.  He appears to **NOT** be interested in selling radios or
> parts but is happy to show you around.
>
> He does repair in the back and seems to specialize in automobile
> radios,
>
> including converting to solid state guts or adding FM modules - all
> without changing the outward appearance.  He's planning on moving to
> an old super market in Pismo Beach in the next year so he has more
> space and can better display his "museum."
>
> If you are traveling Hwy 101 between Los Angeles and San Francisco
> and have interest and some spare time, I'd suggest dropping by.
>
> Bob's Radio & Tv, 2300 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
> 1-805-543-2946
> It's on the right hand side of the street heading north and is on a
> corner as you go towards the downtown from the south.
>
> Broad is one of the old highways through town and from the south
> traveling north on Hwy 101 you can get off at Price Canyon just
> before Pismo Beach, go to the end of the road and turn left onto
> Broad heading north.  Continuing north you can continue on Broad,
> through downtown San
>
> Luis Obispo and rejoin Highway 101.
>
> >From the north traveling south on Hwy 101 as you get into the San Luis
> Obispo exits take the Broad Street exit, wander around the Mission
> area and through the "downtown" and on down Broad St..  It's on the
> left perhaps half a mile as you leave the older downtown area.  When
> you leave continue on down Broad past the airport and turn right
> onto Price Canyon and back to Hwy 101 in the Pismo Beach area.
>
> Ian, K6SDE
>
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