Driving a long ways for a spare chassis.Am I stupid?

[JCFitz]

So I've been told by my boss who overheard me talking on my cell phone about driving across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel for a spare Zenith 29JC20 chassis that I am stupid.

He is not a tv collector,just an old tv shop owner. He said so what get one when you need it. your stupid to drive all that way.

I'm thinking of the scarcity of the parts and grabbing one while I can. I know these Zeniths are built like tanks and don't burn flybacks up like RCA but I'm thinking of 5,10,20 years down the road or it it could be next month that flyback that works now may fail or some other unobtainable part and there may not be any to be had. I mean we're talking about a near 50 year old tv.Parts ain't growing on trees and anything can fail as these sets age.

So who's stupid? I'd like to think most colectors here would be thinking like me. Plus I may buy another Zenith roundie set if another member doesn't buy it first.

See my boss has borrowed my truck and hasn't unloaded the load of dirt he picked up and I gotta wait until next weekend to make the drive. Driving the work van there is out of the question for sure.His insurance is for business and would likely not cover an accident on a weekend excursion well out of his service area.Plus that van has almost 200,000 miles with a whining rear end and would probably break down with my luck.

To explain the truck situation I let my boss use my truck whenever he needs to use it. In exchange I drive the work van everywhere including weekends and never buy gas.I just stick his credit card in the pump.I only use my own money to buy gas for a long trip to pick up something which in that case I always use my own truck.