I recently inherited this radio and am looking to restore it. It was my Grandfather's so I am not worried about value. My main goal is to get it looking as original as possible. The 2 things that appear to be the biggest problem is part of the exterior wood is broken off in a few places and of course the glass is in 2 pieces. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have attached a few pics below.
Joined: Nov Tue 06, 2007 4:21 pm Posts: 2123 Location: Twin Falls, Idaho 83301
I have restored a couple of them the knobs are incorrect (they are off of a Bendix radio) The originals have a particular design on them. I will post an original
also I can help out with the dial glass... email or PM me.
as for the restoration, its pretty straight forward they came in two finishes (that I have found) a dark one and a bleached sort of light yellow (like the '50's blond look)
~jeff~
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Joined: Jul Sun 09, 2006 3:11 am Posts: 1953 Location: Aurora, CO
I once found a stash of these in blond oak that were converted for use as coin-ops. I must have bought at least 20 of them. They were very nice players.