Got me a HOSS !

[Sandy G]

...A Newcomb model AFM-1500, that is. "Portable" (Ha-Ha...) AM-FM 8 tube radio, w/Magic Eye, & 6 X 9 speaker, made by the same people, likely, wh made yr Grade School record player. And this thing is built to the same standards, I looked it up on Google, & there was a catalog-No date- but likely mid-60s, this beast had a list price of $199.95.. Only one I've ever seen, could stand a de-oxing, & good cleaning. Gave $70 for it, prolly too much in a way, but something THIS odd doesn't pop up every day, & I believe in striking when the iron's hot... Besides, made friends w/the seller, he seemed like a good guy, told him about us, he said he'd check us out. This thing weighs a GOOD 20 LBS...Like I said, a HOSS...

[Eric H]

Oh, I thought you meant one of these.

[Sandy G]

I about need him to tote it around, Eric...Damn thing is HEAVY...(grin)

[Sandy G]

This bad boi has a footprint a little bigger than a Pioneer RT-707 R2R. I know, 'cause that's what I perched it on, back in the "Ships' Radio Room"... Wife RARELY looks in there, except to snort derisively, & chide Yer Ol' Unca Sandy on how MESSY it is in there...

[Username1]

Big and heavy metal stuff always meant "Better" anyway....

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by Username1

Big and heavy metal stuff always meant "Better" anyway....

Aye-Yup. To the Navy, at least, anyway. I have a couple EH Scott radios that were made for the Navy, & let's just say they're built on the "Heavy" side of "Substantial".. This Newcomb outfit made a LOT of record players for schools, their stuff was pretty "Hell for Stout"..

[Eric H]

This one?

This is the only picture I could find of one.

[Sandy G]

Aye-Yup, Eric ! Dat be De Won...(grin)

[Einar72]

Now I want one...

[DavGoodlin]

Good RARE find Sandy.
I'd never seen one either. Ad says it has the Conelrad Marks, so its pre-1965.
That 9 inch oval speaker IS probably the same one as the record players used.
- 'S a Hawwsss fer sure

[Sandy G]

Talked w/Kent T., who apparently knows a little about these guys, he said it was a pretty RARE piece..In approx. 25 yrs of stumblin' in, over, around, thru Aunty-Kue emporiums, perusing Eprey, etc, I've NEVER seen another... It DOES need a little touch up on the alignment, & MAYBE another cap replaced, but the eye tube is maybe the BEST I've ever seen..

[radiotvnut]

Nice and I've never seen this exact model. Look for date codes on the speaker and filter cap. Just because it has CD markings does not mean it's pre-'65. That late '72-early '73 tube Newcomb AM radio that I recently found has them.

[Sandy G]

Hooked it up to the antenna wire that goes around the top of the Ships' Radio Room, & this puppy is Hotter'n a 2-Peckered Billy Goat..

[snelson903]

Originally Posted by Eric H

This one?

This is the only picture I could find of one.

if its the radio in the picture i think i might have one, a year or more ago i bought a few radios for cheap ,and i also bought the complete contents of a guys house who's dad was a ham / builder of electronics ,actualy i beet out a bid from scrapers and saved everything.i have to dig the radio out of my storage room and post a picture of it, i also have few other transmitters and other older radio's from that house maybe sandy can i.d. thanks sandy i thought there was something different about that radio.

[Sandy G]

Yep, Snelson, that's it !! Mine is different in details-Different cloth covering, no brass highlights, etc, but that's it...