Westinghouse H-125 Refrigerator Radio Find
 

I found this neat looking radio in a junk store. It's in near mint condition and plays unbelievably clear and loud. I love it! Anybody know anything about these or have one?

Those are really neat! One of the few radios I *haven't* had.....

I've got a white/cream colored version. Plays GREAT. Did they give these away as "Prizes" to stimulate fridge sales after the War ? Seems like I heard/read that about them, somewhere ...

My understanding was, the radio was included with the purchase of a new Westinghouse fridge. I don't think, it was available separately. They were available in several great colors.
The vertical design was rather easy to tip over or fall, so many were damaged.
A great sounding six tube radio. :thmbsp:

Yeah, & the little carrying handle was kinda "Rikki-Tikki", too, which likely got a bunch more of 'em when it failed. I gave an INSANE amount for mine 10-15 yrs ago when I got it, $300, or so. But I've taken very good care of it, as a result..

Has anyone got a copy of advertisng showing this was given away with a refrigerator purchase?

The reason I ask is I've heard the "given away only with a fridge" story for decades, but that doesn't jive with the Westinghouse advertising I've seen.

If some were really distributed this way, I'd like to see some documentation of it.

Cute little bugger. A little more skinny on it here..

http://www.bing.com/search?q=westing...2eeb&FORM=QBLH

I was probably mistaken about "only with a refrigerator purchase".
I understand it was used as an incentive for the purchase of a refrigerator, package deal?
Back in the old days, many products were "fair traded", meaning a dealer couldn't sell an item, for less than the manufacture's list price. Either the dealer would give a trade in allowance on an old unit or throw in an item, that was 5 or 10% of the selling price of the large item. A lot of time, that would cinch the sale. :scratch2:

Thanks all! Lots of great information here. Now to see if Nostalgia Air has the schematic that I hope I never need!

In that one picture, the kid calls it a "streamlined powerhouse." They couldn't have said it better really. It's probably the loudest old radio that I have. I may never see the inside of it and hope that I don't as I have heard that they are incredibly hard to service.

Usually the first thing I want to do is take a set apart and at least clean everything. Not this time. It's too nice and from what little I can see of the chassis from the bottom, the inside is as near mint as the outside.

Nice !

Yeah, they're a BEAR to try to get apart. Tried on mine several times, but I could see all I was about to do was likely Eff it up big time, so, in a RARE burst of smarts, I quit..

It's been ages, but IIRC, remove the center green screw and the tuning knob and the side lifts off. Then, remove a tri-mount fastener or two, to move the loop out of the way, for tube replacement. :scratch2: