[electronics101] Old test equipment made new again

I've ended up with a lot of older test equipment, and in cleaning up my lab and such, I've realized I have 
WAY more than I thought I had.

I can't bring myself to toss it. It all either works, or would be easily repairable. But do I really need a Heathkit RLC bridge? An old tube signal tracer? A JFET analog multimeter? Two Heathkit capacitor testers?

I even have what was once a very expensive device meant for testing of digital circuits. You can compare two devices, known good against unknown, or make an EPROM that stores the proper answers. Very handy equipment, very expensive in 1982. Way more capable circuits available now for under $100.

I'm on an antique test equipment Facebook page. They are very vociferous about saving old gear, and get very angry when someone Steampunks an old 'scope. Yet they aren't interested in buying any of this unless I sell it essentially for the cost of shipping.

I'm inclined to just gut them and use the cases to build newer, better test equipment. Or Steampunk some of the really old stuff. Some of these things have the "magic eye" tubes in them.

What do you think? Anyone else in the same boat?

Steve Greenfield AE7HD http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenjgreenfield