Stopped by my friends vintage guitar+audio store just to bs with him and the hang-arounds that idle there. Talkin' some tunes. Someone mentioned my interest in R2R decks and one of the guys said he had a couple of R2R decks he wanted out of his way. They were given to him,smoke damaged from a previous owners house fire. He couldn't recall what type they were so I followed him to his house to have a look. Picked up a Technics 1506 and an Akai GX-635D for $100.SCORE! Sold them to me as pictured,reels,NAB hubs and all. I've already rebuilt a GX-635,usual transistor fail issue,so I know what I'm in for there. Always wanted a Technics R2R to play with. The heads on both look good. Don't know what lies within but other than a couple of missing knobs and the smoke stains they don't look like they were ever abused......or at least not much. Got a busy project week ahead of me.......