Well at least the cabinet finish is original. We've been very lucky lately. Most of our treasures come home in a bag, or several of them, usually missing parts.
"Yah, Uncle Bob just could not bring himself to throw out that old radio he had paid so much for in 1930! So, he stored it in a closet, then moved it out to the barn. One day it ended up in the well-house and finally he just let the dog live in it." I've heard that story, well, all except the dog part. Usually it is smaller critters living in there. But not this time. A radio collector had taken care of this radio and the last two mentioned below.
So, there is no before picture, well it was a little dusty.
"Yah, Uncle Bob just could not bring himself to throw out that old radio he had paid so much for in 1930! So, he stored it in a closet, then moved it out to the barn. One day it ended up in the well-house and finally he just let the dog live in it." I've heard that story, well, all except the dog part. Usually it is smaller critters living in there. But not this time. A radio collector had taken care of this radio and the last two mentioned below.
So, there is no before picture, well it was a little dusty.
Nice, But the chassis, though relatively clean and rust free, needed restoration so it could sing again. As is so often the case, the wet electrolytics had failed early on and been replaced - with more wet electrolytics. Still they needed to be replaced with rebuilt originals. Now most of these radios had been coming with the copper cased caps made by Mershon. This radio had similar filter caps, also copper, but plated so they appeared silver. They were also made by a different vendor. Well, I had a set and after restuffing all of the caps, replacing 3 resistors with dogbone replicas and replacing all of the rubber cushions, she was ready for alignment. The IF is at 260 khz., al little lower than later radios, but still very sensitive.
Again, "after" - looks the same as before.
Again, "after" - looks the same as before.
Russ
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