Hmmm... I'm having a tough time deciding between a Tram Diamond 60 and a (pre-Roadtalker) Sears SSB as my favorite 23 channel transistor rig from yesteryear.
The D-60 was built like a tank, sounded good, had a good receiver, and was just an excellent all-around radio. Loved it!
The Sears SSB was also a good radio. I golden screwdrivered the poor thing to death, though. I tried to move its transmit (and receive) frequency 10 kHz down from Channel 16 so I could operate on 27.145 with the Spartan group out of the (U.S.) West Coast. At the time, I had no test equipment, nor proper parts to do the job correctly. The last memory of it was case off, power supply hanging loose, various wires and capacitors dangling off the board, and a cloud of smoke.
I found another on eBay years later. I haven't blown it up. ...Yet.