Ron Millers Collection.

[Bryan]

There is a link on my front page or you can click on the link below. This is part of the collection of our friend Ron Miller a.k.a Tennessee Diver. I had our web administrator make a zip file of the photos as well so you could download them and view them as a slide show on your desktop. Remember please that they are property of Ron and cannot be used withouth his consent. What a fantastic collection with some very very rare and unique military equipment. I'm sure that Ron will stop by to comment when he has time.

http://vintagedoublehose.com/museum/museum.php

TENNESSEE DIVER Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject: MUSEUM PHOTOS

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THE MUSEUM PHOTOS ARE A PART OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, IF ANY ONE HAS A QUESTION ON THE GEAR LET ME KNOW AND I WILL TRY TO ANSWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE FUNNY LOOKING MILTARY DOUBLES IN THE FIBERGLASS CASE IS FROM A SEAL TEAM ONE MEMBER OF 1970 AREA. AN EXPERMENTAL UNIT FROM CHINA LAKE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE USED IT FOR. AS HE WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT IT, AS IS USUAL WITH MOST TEAM MEMBERS.
THE FIRST DOULBE 90'S IS HIS ALSO. ONE TANK IS NON MAG, THE OTHER IS NOT.
YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK CLOSLEY TO THE VALVE SET UP ON THE GREY TRIPLES, THIS UNIT CAME FROM THE WEST COAST UDT/SEAL MUSEUM CURATOR, AL BETTERS. AND IS OF KOREAN WAR AREA, YOU WILL NOTE THE OLD TYPE USD VALVE HOOK UP IS CHANGED TO HIGH PRESSURE TUBING. THE WEST COAST TEAMS, FOR SOME REASON HAD TROUBLE WITH LEAKS ON THE USD VALVES, AND THE LEAD OVERPRESSURE SLUGS GOING OFF LIKE 22 BULLETS, CAUSING GREAT PROBLEMS, SO THEY MODIFIED THE VALVES, FIRST USING A V TYPE SECTION OF TUBING AND THEN THE STRAIGHT AS SEEN HERE. THE EAST COST TEAMS DID NOT SEEM TO EXPERIENCE THAT PROBLEM SO THEY STAYED WITH THE USD TYPE TRIPLE VALVES.
NOTE ALSO THE EARLY TYPE OF HARNESS , WHICH DOES NOT USE THE BANDS AS PART OF THE HARNESS. THIS WAS CALLED THE BASKET TYPE HARNESS AND IS AN EARLY TYPE OF TRIPLE HANRNESS, I HAVE MILTARY PHOTO'S OF THESE IN USE BY THE TEAMS.
MANY THANKS TO AL BETTERS FOR THE INFORMATION AND EQUIPMENT HE LET ME HAVE OVER THE YEARS, SHOULD HE READ THIS OR SOME ONE NOTIFY HIM. HE IS AND HAS BEEN A GREAT FRIEND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN TOUCH FOR A WHILE.
THE BIO SYSTEMS REGULATOR IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE RAREST TWO HOSE UNITS AVAILABLE. THERE WAS ONLY 50 OF THESE MADE ACCORDING TO BIO SYSTEMS RECORDS. COST TO THE GOVERNMENT, $12,000 FOR A SET OF DOUBLE 90'S AND REGULATOR IN NON MAG. SET UP TESTED AND READY.
THE BIO WAS USED TO REPLACED THE USD UNITS AND WAS MADE ON THE USD PRINTS, SO PARTS WOULD BE INTERCHANGEABLE. THE US NAVY HAD PURCHASED THE SPECS FROM USD SO THEY COULD DO THIS. SO THE BIO PARTS AND USD WILL INTER CHANGE.
THIS UNIT DOES CONTAIN THE GOLD PLATED INTER PARTS, AS DO THE EOD USD UNITS.
I HAVE MOST REPLACEMENT EOD PARTS TO REBUILD THESE REGULATORS, OR TO RESTORE ANY THAT I MAY COME ACROSS, THAT I WANT TO RESTORE TO ORGINAL FOR MY COLECTION. THANKS TO MANY FRIENDS IN EOD AND SEAL TEAMS WHO HAD THEM ON STOCK.
I HOPE THIS ANSWERS MOST QUESTIONS UP FRONT IF NOT GET IN TOUCH, THANKS BRYAN AGAIN