Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

There is only one turntable in Technics catalog released in unique wrinkle black finish (special surface treatment of the aluminum die-casting) is Technics SP-20 from 1976. In 1982 their top of the line EPA-100mk2 tonearm was released also in black finish (boron armtube). The EPC-100c mk4 cartridge is also black. If anyone would like to combine all together i'm selling my spare Technics SP-20 here. It's interesting to see the same policy of product placement "in black" from another manufacturers like Fidelity-Research. FR top of the line cartridges are black (f and fz), second versions of the FR tonearms are also black (fx), same with Technics. But silver or champagne color of FR-7 or Technics EPC-100c mk3 are more attractive. I think the EPA-100 is more attractive looking than mk2. But the wrinkle black finish of the Technics SP-20 turntable looks amazing, sad that no other models were finished like that. I think it's beautiful. 

Shane, I would take the dust cover and put it into storage.  You don't want a dust cover anywhere in or on or over your turntable when it's in use.  I thought every vinylphile agreed with that principle. Of course, you could always place it over the plinth when the Mk3 is not in use. Otherwise, those heavy lucite covers are bad karma, in my opinion.

@lewm    LOL.   Dust cover bad karma.  I need to burn it at the stake😊
  Yea, pretty sure it will be in storage very soon.

Seems like I'm collecting vintage turntable's,  I just obtained the pioneer pl-550 direct drive table,  I already have the technics sl-1600mk2, can anyone tell me much about the pioneer?, at the moment,  the technics seems to be in a whole league of it's own with performance compared to the pioneer. 

Audiolabyrinth, Unless your turntables have a known history of having been serviced recently, I suggest you may want to replace all the electrolytic capacitors in both, and then have a competent technician calibrate the drive systems.  That's the only way you can be sure you are getting the most out of them, although if they operate without noticeable issues, you're probably OK.  One thing I've observed is that the market values of mid-level vintage DD's like your two is not much below what you would have to pay for the really top quality ones.  For example, you can find Denon DP80s or DP75s for less than a thousand dollars.  Another good one is the Kenwood KD550, which seems to be easy to find for around $500.  You might also luck out and find a Victor TT101 for under $1000; that would be a great bargain, but they are rare outside of Japan. Yamaha GT2000 is another one to look for.  Between one and two thousand $, you can hope to find a Technics SP10 Mk2.  I'd actually rank the DP80, TT101, and GT2000 slightly ahead of the SP10 Mk2, certainly its equal.  Well, you said you were "collecting"...