I was at the thrift store and found this setting with the Chinese junk Walmart alarm radios. Neat little Sony. Cleaned up, shot some Caig in the intermittent volume, cleaned a little crud off one battery spring. Plays nicely. Decent sound. Better than pocket radio but not as good at a large portable with large speaker. Clear clean sound. 8 inches wide. Seems late 60s to early 70s. Model TFM-1859W. Sony Japan quality. Cover is brushed aluminum covered. Tap cover it pops open like a trunk lid and starts playing. Push cover down it latches and shuts off.

Neat radio. Nice find.

Never seen one of those, nice find!

Neat radio and looks to be in very good condition !

Have seen a couple on Ebay over the years, but don't remember them looking that nice...

How's the sensitivity ?

John

Sensitivity seems quite good on this one. Big loopstick inside and the FM antenna is a not very long black wire hanging out the back. I am semi fringe area I guess. Out beyond all the suburbs in the country. 30-40 miles from metro stations. I did a search and there are alot of pictures of it online from other sources. I got it for 6 bucks. But if it was a garage sale I would have dickered them down from that. I guess it falls in the novelty category. But not the silly novelty category, like a Mickey Mouse radio or something. Some guy west coast has one on ebay that is beat up looking asking 90. That is just California dreamin'.

Another amazingly nice Sony from the 70's.. . .