1946 Westinghouse "refridgerator" radio

[Dude111]

Wow she is goregous!!!!!!

Please give her a pet for me next time ya clean her

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Wow she is goregous!!!!!!

Please give her a pet for me next time ya clean her

Thank you Dude! It really is a very cute radio and has a very solid, quality feel to it. I also love the vents down the back. Very machine age. I would recommend one of these to any radio collector who doesn't already have one.

[decojoe67]

It does seem this blue-green color was used on period Westinghouse refrigerators!

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by decojoe67

Thank you Dude! It really is a very cute radio and has a very solid, quality feel to it. I also love the vents down the back. Very machine age. I would recommend one of these to any radio collector who doesn't already have one.

I got a broken up one several years ago.
There must've been such a demand for them because this one was made by Wells Gardner. I've also seen the Westinghouse built one. Very little difference, even circuit-wise. The W-G one had the tube types stamped on the chassis. I don't the Westinghouse built one did.
Some had a 35A5 and some had a 35L6GT.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I got a broken up one several years ago.
There must've been such a demand for them because this one was made by Wells Gardner. I've also seen the Westinghouse built one. Very little difference, even circuit-wise. The W-G one had the tube types stamped on the chassis. I don't the Westinghouse built one did.
Some had a 35A5 and some had a 35L6GT.

I heard that these were one of the very first new radios on the market after WWII. They are often even dated as 1945. I read that there was various chassis revisions made in the several years they were produced. It's a very unique little radio and they work as good as they look.