My Deal of the Day. RCA VICTOR MODEL 124

[mkoser]

Correction! It is a model 128........

While I was at work yesterday, a fellow co-worker called me and said "I found this really neat old radio at GOODWILL for 25 bucks..... do you want it?"

I asked what it looked like and he said "it looks like one of those old Tombstone radios, but I don't know what it is." "It is heavier than heck."

I said, "ok, I guess".

I figured it was one of those reproduction models, but I figured that 25 dollars was an acceptable amount to gamble with.

I went and picked it up today, and to my surprise it was a RCA VICTOR MODEL 128.

The cabinet has some problems, as you can see in the picture. The veneer on the front is chipped, and the inner brace on the top is broken (from lifting it up one handed from the top I presume).

It has one knob that is clearly a replacement.

All in all, it looks pretty good. I can't wait to recap it and see what it does. It will need a speaker, I can see the speaker is trashed. It has the original cord (which is rotted and shot). All the tubes are in place.

I was surprised on the potential value listed in the Collectors Guide to Antique Radios.

Thanks for looking,

Matt K

[Tony V]

Nice find and cant beat the price!
-Tony

[ekimetsok]

$25?????????

("Hello? 9-1-1? I want to report a robbery...")

[Captain Scary]

Very cool!!!

Get her going n listen to the ballgame.........

[Sandy G]

Ooooooh....Dat's PURTY !!

[mr_fixer]

Yeah, that is a screaming bargain.

[mkoser]

Thanks,
Yeah I am excited to get it going. I can only imagine what was broadcast / listened to over this radio.

MK

[radio63]

Excellent find for $25! The RCA Victor 128 and its bigger brother the 143 are excellent performers and beautiful sets. I have one of each. Congratulations and keep us posted as you get the set restored. I also often think of what was listened to on all the radios in my collection. Everything from the depression days through WW II, to the post war years and thereafter.

Gilbert

[mkoser]

Does anyone have a clean scan/copy of the schematic and cap list for this radio that I could buy/have/copy?

I'm not having much luck on the web.

MK

[ekimetsok]

Here tiz: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByM...7/M0014737.pdf

[mkoser]

Originally Posted by ekimetsok

Here tiz: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByM...7/M0014737.pdf

Hi, Thanks,

yes i did find that already, however I can't read the values on all the caps.... and there is no "list" of the caps like on other schematics....

Thanks,

MK

[Arkay]

Wow! Beautiful radio, and at a great price!

Just make sure you don't turn on that heater it is resting upon!

[mkoser]

Originally Posted by Arkay

Wow! Beautiful radio, and at a great price!

Just make sure you don't turn on that heater it is resting upon!

Thanks,
Yeah, I feel compelled to set my new radios on top of the radiator in the dining room to take pictures of them..... I don't know why....

No worries, the radio is now in pieces on my work bench.

Thanks,

MK

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by mkoser

It will need a speaker, I can see the speaker is trashed.

Can you post a real good picture of the speaker? I may have one here in the salvage loft.

Also, you may be better off just having it reconed, if that's the only problem. Original speakers are getting harder to come by as more and more people substitute PM speakers in their place.

[mkoser]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

Can you post a real good picture of the speaker? I may have one here in the salvage loft.

Also, you may be better off just having it reconed, if that's the only problem. Original speakers are getting harder to come by as more and more people substitute PM speakers in their place.

Sorry i didn't get back to you sooner. I took the speaker out of the cabinet and noticed a tear (the same tear that is in the grille cloth).

I superglued the tear in the cone, and it actually sounds really good. I'll probably leave it this way until I get it reconed (or may just leave it this way forever.....)

Thanks for your help!

matt k