UCC85 and e-pay

Need a UCC85 to complete a restoration I've been working on for a week, and came across this gem on epay

Mullard UCC85 Vintage Valve on eBay (end time 28-Jan-11 22:30:56 GMT)

"Tested all good" ... Can I stop laughing yet?

On a serious note to Toob Noobs ... tubes where the silver "getter flash" on the tube has gone white means the tube no longer has a vacuum... it certainly won't work...

M Gregg said:

Hi,

UCC85 - ECC85 this is the equivalent (VHF triode)
I'll have a look I remember a silver shiny old Mullard ECC85 out of an old radio somewhere!

Didn't know they now come with snow cap..LOL

Regards
M. Gregg

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Different heaters , and , as per usual, I have PCC85 and ECC85.... a 10L14 would do

Tony said:

take a look at this one , no teturns accepted:

2 300B Tube WESTERN ELECTRIC Matched 1968 - Glass Holed - eBay (item 230560582985 end time Feb-04-11 23:10:49 PST)

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Oh that's lovelly ... from the wording of the email, he expects someone to pay $800 and re-glass them .... anyone got a vacuum plant to hand...?

at least they're not "tested all good" ...

Years ago there were companies who re-built CRT's ... so I suppose it's not out of the question..... and a 300B would be worth more than an A56-540X!!!

Are there any plants left that do this? Used to be 2 or 3 in the UK to my knowledge, going back to the mid-late 80's though ...