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05-08-2007, 03:44 PM
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Anybody recognize this AM Tube Radio?
Posted on KC CL. Doesn't seem like a bad price. I haven't gone to look at it yet. What should I look for? This may be my first Vintage Radio.
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/fur/326880529.html 
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05-08-2007, 04:57 PM
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It's a Fake !
Hi;
I don't claim to be a "great expert" on anitque radios and I don't recognize the cabinet on the unit you're looking at. BUT I can tell you that although the cabinet is a 1930's vintage piece, the "innards" are not original to that cabinet. If you notice in the rear shot just over the radio dial is a piece of cloth blocking what was most likely the original opening for the dial scale. It's being held in position by what appear to be four blue thumb tacks. Also the style of the cabinet is more early 1930's and the radio dial is a "slide rule" type which didn't appear until the late '30's. The very look and size of the chassis and components on it are not correct for the cabinet. I believe what you have here is a fairly lame attempt to pass off this radio as an original when it's nothing of the kind. I think that fact is reflected in the selling price. It may play very nicely when repaired, but you can do much better than this for your first vintage radio. Hope that helps... Bob.
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05-08-2007, 05:11 PM
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Over on http://antiqueradios.com they call that a "Frankenradio". If you post this over there, somone will most likely tell you what the cabinet really is, and maybe even the innards.
I would avoid it. Even an expert would have big problems cleaning that mess up. I agree with Ampico-kid. You can do much better. John
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05-08-2007, 06:02 PM
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I wouldn't say it was a mess, it was a pretty decent conversion, although of course the original chassis would be better. Repairs would be just like restoring that chassis in a different cabinet. Looks like it was fairly neatly done.
It may be that the original chassis was discarded years before the retrofit was done and the newer chassis was installed to create a complete functioning unit, and I don't think there is anything wrong with that situation as I have a similar type early 1930's cabinet with no chassis that will need something retrofitted into it to operate. Last edited by Chad Hauris; 05-08-2007 at 06:05 PM.
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