CB Radio Question

I currently have the Galaxy DX 959 that I like pretty well. It puts out around 40 watts or so peaked and tuned. I saw a gentleman selling a broken Connex 3300 with (from what he said) that needs a new 1969 final. He said he'd sell it to me for $75. I know a guy at the cb shop who could fix the 1969 final for what he said, $40.

Should I buy that Connex or leave it be? $75 seems to be kind of expensive for a radio that doesn't work. Plus, my Galaxy is nice, but I was wanting to use that for home usage.

 

I was just worried that I'd give the gentleman $75 and then magically there's tons of stuff wrong with the radio. I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to this stuff. So I tend to get a little nervous when buying equipment that already has problems.
My wife has a backup Cobra 25LTD pushing out 50 watts also. I was told that the Connex 3300 could get around 75 watts just from a good peak and tune and new mosfet installed, which is noticeably better than my 40-45 on my Galaxy DX series CB.

 

Thank you for your input (on both subjects) I might just offer him $40 for it. If he says no, it's no big deal I have a radio that does well already at 45 watts.

I have a noise canceling mic on that Galaxy DX 959...would an echo mic help magnify my voice more instead of the noise canceling mic? I like the echo sound, but not so much that it echos for eternity. When I hear them they sound really strong when Echo'd right.

 

I did pass, thank you. I offered $40 for it and he didn't even respond. When I looked at his picture the Connex didn't even have a heat sink on the back of his radio, which is about the same wattage as the radio I have now so I would have probably been have just wasting my time. A guy I know who runs a CB Shop I talk to frequently told me what to look for and I showed him what I was looking at. He told me to offer him $10 if he was lucky, so I guess I was feeling generous.