Inexpensive turntable to play old records


I am looking for an inexpensive turntable to play old records that are not in the best shape but very important to me. I have a lot invested in my vinyl rig and I am about 80% vinyl system. Running a VPI Prime 21 - Hana Umami Blue combo into a Manley Chinook. My dad passed in early January and I found all his old Elvis records when cleaning at my mom's house. He loved his Elvis records and they traveled with him while he was in the military in Germany and Korea, so they are not in the best shape and I would not feel safe running them on the Umami Blue. I cleaned them up and put them in sleeves to preserve them. For me, it would just be cool to hear the same records my dad loved and traveled with him in the the army. Was thinking of an inexpensive table with a phono pre that I can just plug into my Primaluna Integrated and not have to disconnect my VPI from the Chinook. I mean this is really only something I might plug in a couple times a years for sentimental reasons. Would like to keep it under 250-300. Any thoughts?

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Uturn audio builds a nice turntable in USA for low $$$$. I've run one to death banging the worse $1.00 records to get a kick out of some nostalgia inspiring LP's. I did put an Ortofon Blue in just because I did want to hear something. Its good enough for those LP's you'd be scared to play otherwise. They can come with built in pre amp if you can allow yourself to compromise even to that extent. (I couldn't go that far! LP snob, I admit) Its been left spinning for endless hours on the same belt for ever. (Stylus up) 3 or 4 years old now (Third cartridge) Gravel is hard on a stylus   

Damn! Where did RadioShack go when we need them? Super cheap turntables for old records that must be played with no other consideration. Worked for me in 1985.

Thanks all. Surprised at the amount that just say run it. I am sure it may be fine but I just have a hard time running some of them on a $2500 cart. I may look at one of the U-Turn or Audio Technica's to just plug in every now and then.

The Fluance RT-81 is actually a nice budget TT that looks great and also comes with a decent cartridge to boot.  I have one in a secondary system and it really sets the bar for the budget market, in my opinion.  That would be the first one I'd look at.

I bought my wife a new TT for her office system  because she has old records she didn't want to play on the main system. This thing is surprisingly good.