Oh crap, what have I done?!
 

I picked this up today, after promising myself not to buy old radios!

What the heck is it?

I know, I know... pop it open and look for chassis numbers, etc. Just haven't gotten time yet.

Is it supposed to have a glass cover over the dial?

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/att...7&d=1188259413

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/att...8&d=1188259413

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/att...9&d=1188259413

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/att...0&d=1188259413

Cool...I would've bought!

Oh, that old piece of junk. I'll take it off you're hands just ship it to me..:D

daaang,,,,that is freaking cool looking...if you need to dispose call me...

I would have bought that in a heart beat.. BEAUTIFUL!!!! I love the way they put the "lid" over the tuning eye.. gives it a lot of character.. I would have imagined it would have had a lens over the dial.. but you never know...

OH.. thanks to Targeteye and great info he fed me, I would say that's newer than 38.. that has the newer style eyey tube, I can't remember the number, and too lazy to look, but I have the same tube in my radio, and they started making them in 39.. at least from the way I understand it..

Looks quite nice to me.
Guess it's a Silvertone :-)

Nice Sears Silvertone! It's missing its bezel and glass lens. But a clock parts supplier might have something to fit. :yes:

Check out this site.. it's the golddial faces and several are the same as yours.. it's just the part numbers for the faces, but it tells you who made what model and who made what chassis for each...


http://www.sfhobbies.com/sfhobbies/r...Dial/index.jsp

Somewhere to start...
http://sfhobbies.com/sfhobbies/radio/index.jsp

http://www.sfhobbies.com/sfhobbies/r...1014015287.jpg

OH.. I wanted to mention. Check out a product called Howard's Restore-a-finish, and their feed-n-wax...

VERY good quality stuff.. it would really make that case look spectacular. It does not harm the finish. It will not desolve it.

I used it on my radio, and all we could say when I was done was WOW.. back to it's former glory..

:drool: Redboy, that is one gorgeous radio. :yes: Congratulations. If I bought that, I'd display it even if it didn't work.
Tom

Yeah similost, I saw the pics you posted of your cleanup job on that console radio. I better hunt down some of that Howard's stuff.

Tom, I assume it doesn't work, but who knows? The thrift I got it from usually "tests" their electronics before putting them on the shelf. It makes me sick to think of the tube stuff that gets tossed or whatever because it "doesn't work!"

That was a thrift find? DAMN!!!! You mind me asking what you gave for it? If not, I understand...

I got the Howard's from Home Depot.. Used it on a couple other wood things we have around the house.. LOVE IT!!!!

Understand this first. I've stopped at that particular shop almost daily for the last four months and have had nothing worth mentioning to show for it.

Jackson's got new digs. :D

Persistance pays :D

Boy, I can see why you decided to break your "no tube radios" rule for this one. she's a beaut!

Even if you don't rebuild and run it, that is sure an eyecatcher. :thmbsp:

RC

Yep, it's pretty! When I first saw it I thought it was one of those modern replicas that look okay until you see the big "Collector's edition" plaque like a neon sign, front and center!

When I turned it around and saw the room heaters, I knew I was going to have a hard time walking away...

If ya ever decide you don't like the heat and wanna get outta the kitchen.. you know how to find me.. When I got the one I have, I know I've been bit hard.. even the wife agrees I can buy more :banana:

That is really cool! I would have bought that without giving it another thought!

nice radio redboy. i sure the hell would of bought it too.i started this crazy hobby with wooden tube radios then progressed to the tube shortwave recievers and finally tube amps etc..btw is the tuning eye a 6e5?

Good Find Redboy! I love the gold dial silvertones and you've got a really nice one. That is a 1937 set. Table top receivers with eye tubes are not easy to find as they were supposed to be inexpensive sets.

I regret to inform you however that yours if missing some stuff. Yours would have had a dial glass and a bezel that the glass would fit into.

Steve

Ah, you stumbled on that one somehow, the next one you find will have a beat up wood cab with no knobs but an intact glass and bezel ($5.00) :thmbsp:

RC

Excellent!

Dial pix here
 

These pix and sites will show you what the dial bezel and glass should look like. First is a 4-knob version (Sears 4569);

http://www.radioblvd.com/morepix/4569.jpg

And the second (website only) is a 5-knob console version (Sears 4586) which does look bigger than yours, but not sure of the true scale in console size;

http://www.radiophile.com/silv4586.htm

Nice catch. Now a televison is next.

Dave A

that thing has some kind of freaky attraction like in those trash horrors where the thing draws you close then eats your brain or something. wicked find :thmbsp:

I don't know why anybody in their right mind would want such ao old dusty, junky thing like that...Unless it was to add to the 2 or 3 dozen I already have...<grin> Great find, Redboy ! I predict you'll have the old gal singin' in no time...

This is your fault, Sandy! I put the blame for this squarely on your shoulders. :D

That is a Silvertone model 4565 according to the Radio Attic. It has 8 tubes including the eye. Should be quite a performer.

http://radioatticarchives.com/radio.php?radio=5761

Schematic is here:

http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByM...3/M0017113.pdf

Looks like there were 2 versions of the chassis that went in that model. Chassis model 100.151 and model 101.410.

You could prolly, if you got industrious, make a bezel out of a cross-section of 4"-or whatever- PVC pipe, & if you had access to a lathe, do a pretty good job of "phonying up" something that looked like the original bezel.. A local glass shop should be able to cut out a suitable sized-replacement for the dial glass...

That's a very desirable radio. The big gold dial Silvertones from the mid to late thirties are highly sought after, whether console or table model.

Reece

sean, thanks for the links! I'm always amazed at what's out there.

Reece, I'm diggin' the avatar!