Picked these two up from a lady who had an ad in the paper. She told me that her late husband used to repair old radios and that her son hauled most everything off. She found these two stashed somewhere after the fact.
The first one is an Arvin built Silvertone AM/FM. It plays weak on AM and is dead on FM. Needs new caps and sounds like it has silver mica disease with the IF cans. It's missing a knob and it looks like something was spilled on top, ruining the finish. This looks like it could be a decent radio; so, I'll try to bring it back to life one day. The model is 6021 and the chassis number is 132.602101. Probably one of the last high end AM/FM tube table radios from Sears.
The next one is an Audition brand AM/FM/SW in a woodgrain plastic case. This one had me fooled into thinking it was a tube radio because it uses an AC interlock and there is no "no user serviceable parts inside" warning. Instead, it has the old tube style "this cover is provided with an interlock" warning. When I got it home and looked at it closer, it does say "Solid State 11 transistor high fidelity" on the dial. This one is dead as a hammer. I was under the impression that Audition brand stuff was junk; but, this one LOOKS like it could be a decent unit. Of course, I won't know until I get it working. It's a model 1344A and was made in Japan. I have an idea that there might have been a tube version of this radio using this same cabinet. I think there were some imported tube radios for a few more years after most US companies went to solid state.
07-01-2009, 07:33 PM
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