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IRA

Jun 21, 2017 - 8:52AM

DW792

The world has dried up

Anyone have any?

Ira
8003454527

Gene

Jun 23, 2017 - 1:01PM

Re: DW792

None here. Use to be a phone call made to Guardian would result in them running off 50 or so. They should still have the rings and fixtures. No longer the biz model I suppose. $871 on Ebay...

Wonder if they are still running 173s?

fred

Jun 24, 2017 - 8:04AM

Re: DW792

Gene

Guardian was a weird company. I worked at their Upper Sandusky, Ohio factory years ago in production. They always worried about "yield" and would run a lot of obsolete stuff no one needed to buy so they could maximize it. Then the parts would lay around for years collecting dust. Real efficient!

Ira

Jun 24, 2017 - 9:56AM

Re: DW792

This is not the only number that has dried up

DW908, DW672 and many others

We need a small production company, but there aren't any that I know of

Jimmy Crack Corn

Jun 24, 2017 - 6:11PM

Re: DW792

Ira-Good day-I assume you checked with the folks at Classics?

Ira

Jul 1, 2017 - 3:32PM

Re: DW792

Of course I did, the people at Classics are good guys.

I even sent them a DW838 so they can make new ones ( another number that has dried up

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