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Originally Posted by radiotvnut
Here's an old Studebaker car radio that I picked up. My intentions are to mount it in some type of cabinet and use it for a table radio. Now, I have to decide rather I want to build an outboard 6V power supply to operate the radio or rip out the original transformer, vibrator, and rectifier and replace those parts with a standard power transformer and rectifier. Anyone else ever done something like this to an old car radio? BTW, the model number is S4923 (Philco). I remember reading an article in ARC where someone converted an old Ford car radio to home use by ripping out the original DC power supply and replacing the components with a standard power transformer and rectifier from a junk radio chassis.
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That's exactly what I did 50+ years ago. I removed the original transformer and vibrator. I used the original rectifier tube, a 7Y4. They made a really good performing workshop radio. I even put a phono jack in mine.
