1935 GE Model A-53 AM/SW Tombstone Radio

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Originally Posted by vortalexfan

Hello everyone this past weekend I picked up at one of my favorite antique shops near me a 1935 GE Model A-53 AM/SW tombstone radio that needed some work done to it (it was missing the power cord, had a blown out flexible Resistor R-11 a 450 ohm 1W Flexible Resistor, some bad capacitors a bad tube and an incorrect rectifier tube).

I've got the radio completely recapped but dummy me forgot to order a replacement resistor for the blown out Flexible Resistor, which I would assume a 470 Ohm 1 Watt Flameproof resistor would work in place of the old flexible resistor?

Thanks for your help.

I can't see why a 470 ohm, 1w resistor wouldn't work. It's in the cathode circuit, of the audio output circuit. The rectifier tube can be a 5Y3, 5W4 or another 5Z4.
I have one just like it! It's a strange non-AVC superhet, with the volume control that isn't in the detector circuit.