Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] (OT) Is my only option to junk this old radio?

[Dave Hascall <dhinfomedia@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike - This radio is AC powered.

Thanks,
Dave
On Nov 20, 2012 11:01 PM, "mwhunter" <mwhunter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> After looking at your photos, the push button - tuning eye in the slide
> rule
> dial would put it around 1939-1940.
>
> To charge the battery in those radios Sears sold such handy items as a
> rooftop two-blade windmill - the Windcharger and a "Semi- Automatic Light
> Plant" known as the Gas-O-Charger.
>
> Mike Hunter
>
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> Subject: [Amdx] (OT) Is my only option to junk this old radio?
>
> Sorry, for the OT nature (though this thing did get DX at one time).  I
> recently rescued a Silvertone 5 band, 7 tube (AFAIK) console radio from my
> late mother's basement.  The bad thing is, the cabinet is a total pig.  The
> veneer is peeling, in most areas and one of the base boards fell off.
>  I think that the leg can be reattached.   It can stand upright but it's
> leaning.  This radio would look cool but with the veneer shot, I'm not sure
> if it can be saved.  The radio part is complete but I believe dad stopped
> using it because something quit on it.
>
> See the radio at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/2110236@N20/pool/
>
> I am out of storage space and it probably has to go.  I already have two
> consoles that I'm looking at having restored.
>
> The only thing that I saw was a metal placard with 101555 stamped on it.
>  There is a decal on the inside about using the push button tuning.
>
> Is this radio valuable at all?
>
> Is it rare?
>
> Does anyone feel that it's only option is junking it (like hauling it to
> the
> curb?).
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> 73,
> Dave in Indy
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