I have been a Amateur Radio Operator for a whole lot of years! (I was about twelve years old when first licensed as KN7NCE) and an Extra Class Licensee for many years (K7NCE). 

Over the past fifteen years, I have collected and restored a multitude of older radios (mostly Hallicrafters). I'm a "CW Man" and enjoy spending time operating on 20 meters with my classic station (I don't own a microphone right now),

I really take pride in doing a first rate job of restoration and try to make these radios look like they just came from the factory. As an example, some prefer to change capacitors by simply "tacking" the new cap in place (and replacing caps that way will usually work). However, I like to first remove all wires from the terminal, clean the terminal, wrap the wires around the terminal and then carefully solder the new wires back.... Guess I am a little compulsive... and might need to see a shrink .

My daytime job is working as a psychologist (I usually do psychodiagnostic evaluations on emotionally disturbed children)... As you might understand, restoring these old radios gives me some "quiet time" and ton's of enjoyment.

My first Ham station was an SX-99 Hallicrafters and a homebrew 5 watt transmitter using a 6L6 tube into a piece of wire, hung from my bedroom to the garage about 50 feet away. I worked about 30 states using this system until I was able to save enough money to buy a Heathkit DX-100 (with some financial assistance from my father).

When I was in College my father got his ham license (WA7BMY) so we could communicate from Nampa Idaho (NNU) to Yakima Washington on our radios. Forty meters AM was a lot of fun and saved on the phone bills.

PLEASE NOTE: One of my frustrations (because I hate to say no to my friends) is that I get a lot of emails from people wanting me to restore their old radios. I always refuse because then it would not be a relaxing hobby, but a business with timelines, people to please, etc. Although I do enjoy getting "top price" for my hard work restoring these old beauties... There are many times when I end up making about minimum wage (these restorations take more hours than most people might realize).

If you are interested in restoring your "Boatanchor," check the links below, they have about all you will need to start restoring radios, including good restoration books and parts. However, if you are interested in having someone else restore your old treasure, try calling Barney Wooters, W5SKO, at 303-770-5314. It is my understanding that he has a business doing just that (I do not know Barney, but I have been told that he does good work). In addition, the magazine, "Electric Radio" usually has many ads from experts wanting to restore your radio.

Thanks for looking and maybe we will QSO someday!

73's Wayne (K7NCE)

P.S. Folks, I'm not a business (store)... I get a lot of emails from hams wanting radio parts (especially knobs). I operate out of my garage workshop/ham shack and rarely have spare parts. Sorry.

Links:
http://www.tubesandmore.com