My new toy...

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Just got this at an auction last week:

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This is a radiobar, and there isn't too much web info on this company, but they basically bought radio chassis in bulk from RCA, Zenith and especially Philco and built a quality hide a bar around it. About 10,000 were made before Philco bought the company out.

Today, not many survive-especially with the glassware. I am only missing a few pieces. This is the first one that I've seen that uses glass ice buckets instead of steel bowls recessed in the cabinet as well as having a set of stemware. I imagine Radiobar only used off the shelf glassware from another supplier, but I haven't found matching glasses from this period.

The radio itself is a Philco 38-7 chassis, and it is toast right now. The two lytic cans are all foamed over. Hopefully this won't be too rough of a restore. I typically find Philcos to be pretty tempermental to work on.