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Post by Blaine on Oct 25, 2020 11:29:14 GMT -7
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Post by Blaine on Oct 25, 2020 11:40:34 GMT -7
Next, A Panasonic RQ-711S 'Take n Tape' portable cassette player. A little gem from the 70's all shined up and ready for action.  My second Canadian built Coronado radio is now restored and polished. This poor little radio has had a tough life, internally it has had some rough internal repairs done. I've got it back into working condition, not sure how long it will keep working. I can't find much of any info about this radio ( Canadian radios can be tough to find information/wiring diagrams for ), but I believe it is from the mid to late 1940's. Not sure why, but I really like the look of this radio.  This is a 1941 Emerson radio, in great shape, it took very little work to get this in full operation and looking pretty.   |
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Post by Blaine on Oct 25, 2020 11:53:24 GMT -7
I can't remember if I put up pictures of these before, but they are a set of Toledo Eprad drive in speakers. The junction box is also an original Toledo Eprad. After a whole bunch of cleaning and polishing and painting they're looking pretty good ! I don't know how old these are, they were made for many years, but drive ins have been gone for a long time ! Cleaning, polishing, painting, new internals and a leg for the junction box. I have a bluetooth amplifier that should fit into the box on order. Right now they're just speakers.   Next, another blast from the 70's, a Panasonic RQ-830S 'TNT' portable 8 track player. All polished up and ready for action ! It even sounds pretty good.  |
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Post by Blaine on Oct 25, 2020 12:12:54 GMT -7
What's next ...... How about a 1956 Philips P143-3 Radio ! Another radio great condition, not a whole lot of work to get this radio looking and working great.  This record player has been posted before, I finally got it finished. This little record player used a 1 tube amplifier that RCA called 'The one tube wonder', rest of the world called it 'the one tube blunder'. High output crystal cartridges don't exist anymore, haven't for several years and without a high output cartridge, this unit has very low volume. I have the amplifier put away safely so it won't get damaged, but I replaced the amplifier with a modern one so a new ceramic cartridge can be used. A servicing of the turntable and a polishing of the case and this little record player is working great.   |
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Post by Blaine on Oct 25, 2020 12:34:53 GMT -7
Since we're looking at record players, here is a RCA 45-EY-2 record player. This came out about 1950ish and were produced for four or five years. This unit was a complete basket case, the case was broken in a few pieces and the amplifier had several parts robbed off of it. The turntable was complete, but very dirty. even sanding with 2000 grit wouldn't make it look clean. That's when I decided to paint it in custom colours. A modern amplifier went into this unit as well, instead of try to find and figure out what parts were missing.  A recent addition is an Emerson Seabreeze fan. It's a small desktop fan, looks good and in good working condition. Fans are hard to date, but I suspect 1960's, a plastic motor case and plastic base but still a finger chopper fan cage.  I'll end today's picture flood with a Sears 70's portable 8 track player. A thorough cleaning and lubing and a fresh belt and it is back in action, sounds pretty good as well.  That's enough for today. Cheers everyone. |
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