Those old tube radios had to make high voltage for the tubes to function properly. And they did that via a vibrator circuit. And usual that circuit used a buzzer type vibrator so it would chop the DC voltage to work with a transformer. Some times that work without noise in the audio and some times not so well. Nice to see this and post when you have it working to hear. Thumbs Up!
Bobby, One more thing. I can tell from the call letter stickers that you placed on this radio, that you must live somewhere near, or in, Youngstown, OH. Been right to the edge of Youngstown once, when a client of a medical transportation co. I used to drive for, (from 2004-2005), (out of Keyser, WV.), insisted I go a different route than the one I'd been given by our dispatcher, and BOY did she end up taking me WAY OFF COURSE!!! She was headed to Moundsville, WV. & here we ended up almost in Youngstown, OH!!! ☺️ LOL!!! I have a few distant relatives in and around Youngstown, also! A few which I've met, and several which I still hope to meet yet! Ron Abilene, TX.
@@-GetGoTv Oh I see. LOL!!! I lived in 5 different towns in West Virginia, from 1986 to 2013, but traveled to different places in Virginia, quite frequently, as part of various day jobs, and also as a musician, traveling with various bands, from 1994 to about 2012 or so. In addition, the maternal side of my Mother's family, came from the Leesburg/Lovettsville, VA. area. Ron
Are you sure that's from the 30's? Looks like closer to the 40's. I could possibly see 1939 given the octal tubes, but much further back then that in the 30's and they were using shoulder type tubes and the box that the components sat in was absolutely massive. By '39 a lot of mobile audio was switching to philco style loktal tubes because they lock into place and are less likely to vibrate out. For future reference, white vinegar will do the same thing for rust removal and is a lot cheaper at about 2 bucks a gallon, provided you can put it someplace where you don't have to smell vinegar all the time :) You can rebuild the cone for that field coil speaker if you have a mind to. Check out a channel called RestoreOldRadios. He has rebuilt several. I like your idea of using a dremel/brush to clean up the chassis. Looks like it beats the way I've always done it with naval jelly and q tips and then metal polish. Looks like it works especially well around where the corners of like the RF & IF cans meet the chassis, etc. Do you have any future plans for changing out the capacitors, looking for a solid state vibrator replacement, etc to get the old girl up and running again? I've never tried to restore an old car radio, just tabletops and consoles and am wondering...on those push buttons, are they like later ones where you set them by pulling out and pushing in or do you have to tune them in like the old indoor models by adjusting the individual antenna coils for each button? It's a cool looking radio for sure.
Hello Bobby, I replied previously, to 1 or 2 of your videos, under my former TH-cam account; "Ron2745." I was without a phone though, from Oct. of last year, (2020), until March 2, 2021, and unfortunately; somebody else got my previous phone # which has made me unable to get back into my "Ron2745" account! I have a question which I'm surprised to have never asked you before: Just where do you get all these nice antique car radios anyway?? eBay? Salvage Yards? Lemme know, if you wouldn't mind. I prob'ly wouldn't even have the funds to purchase one at present, but still, after "Re-watching" this particular video, my curiosity is piqued!! Thanks! Ron Abilene, TX.
@@-GetGoTv Ahh ok, I thought maybe so, because at least once, since I started viewing your videos, (about 2-1/2 years ago, or so), I decided to search for some of those old car radios there on ebay, & did see 1 or 2 at that time. However; they didn't seem to be as appealing to the eye, as each of the ones that you've restored, and besides, I didn't have a good place to work on radios then, (and only have slightly better now)!! 😊 So as a result, I didn't buy, nor place any bids at that time. That's been quite awhile ago, so I just may go and have me a look, here in a bit! 😊 Ron
I wish I could have seen the speaker rebuild. Aside from that, brilliant restoration!
She looks good!
Thanks
You forgot a important thing: showing how the radio works after the restoraation
If you read the title and the description you'll see that it's just a cosmetic restoration and that further restoration is needed
@@-GetGoTv thanks for the explanation
It’s pretty easy to get one of those working
the speaker cone all of a sudden fixed or replaced but you didn't show it past
cleaning up the out side of the metal ,maybe for a new cone
Those old tube radios had to make high voltage for the tubes to function properly. And they did that via a vibrator circuit. And usual that circuit used a buzzer type vibrator so it would chop the DC voltage to work with a transformer. Some times that work without noise in the audio and some times not so well. Nice to see this and post when you have it working to hear. Thumbs Up!
Would have loved to hear it play. Nice rebuild though.
Bobby,
One more thing. I can tell from the call letter stickers that you placed on this radio, that you must live somewhere near, or in, Youngstown, OH.
Been right to the edge of Youngstown once, when a client of a medical transportation co. I used to drive for, (from 2004-2005), (out of Keyser, WV.), insisted I go a different route than the one I'd been given by our dispatcher, and BOY did she end up taking me WAY OFF COURSE!!!
She was headed to Moundsville, WV. & here we ended up almost in Youngstown, OH!!! ☺️ LOL!!!
I have a few distant relatives in and around Youngstown, also! A few which I've met, and several which I still hope to meet yet!
Ron
Abilene, TX.
Actually I'm in Virginia but one of the radios that I had had these numbers so I just had them replicated at a print shop
@@-GetGoTv
Oh I see. LOL!!! I lived in 5 different towns in West Virginia, from 1986 to 2013, but traveled to different places in Virginia, quite frequently, as part of various day jobs, and also as a musician, traveling with various bands, from 1994 to about 2012 or so.
In addition, the maternal side of my Mother's family, came from the Leesburg/Lovettsville, VA. area.
Ron
That's awesome. Have never been to these places would like to go
Где демонстрация работы приёмника?
Are you sure that's from the 30's? Looks like closer to the 40's. I could possibly see 1939 given the octal tubes, but much further back then that in the 30's and they were using shoulder type tubes and the box that the components sat in was absolutely massive. By '39 a lot of mobile audio was switching to philco style loktal tubes because they lock into place and are less likely to vibrate out. For future reference, white vinegar will do the same thing for rust removal and is a lot cheaper at about 2 bucks a gallon, provided you can put it someplace where you don't have to smell vinegar all the time :) You can rebuild the cone for that field coil speaker if you have a mind to. Check out a channel called RestoreOldRadios. He has rebuilt several. I like your idea of using a dremel/brush to clean up the chassis. Looks like it beats the way I've always done it with naval jelly and q tips and then metal polish. Looks like it works especially well around where the corners of like the RF & IF cans meet the chassis, etc. Do you have any future plans for changing out the capacitors, looking for a solid state vibrator replacement, etc to get the old girl up and running again? I've never tried to restore an old car radio, just tabletops and consoles and am wondering...on those push buttons, are they like later ones where you set them by pulling out and pushing in or do you have to tune them in like the old indoor models by adjusting the individual antenna coils for each button? It's a cool looking radio for sure.
Hello Bobby,
I replied previously, to 1 or 2 of your videos, under my former TH-cam account; "Ron2745."
I was without a phone though, from Oct. of last year, (2020), until March 2, 2021, and unfortunately; somebody else got my previous phone # which has made me unable to get back into my "Ron2745" account!
I have a question which I'm surprised to have never asked you before:
Just where do you get all these nice antique car radios anyway?? eBay? Salvage Yards?
Lemme know, if you wouldn't mind. I prob'ly wouldn't even have the funds to purchase one at present, but still, after "Re-watching" this particular video, my curiosity is piqued!!
Thanks!
Ron
Abilene, TX.
Got them from eBay
@@-GetGoTv
Ahh ok, I thought maybe so, because at least once, since I started viewing your videos, (about 2-1/2 years ago, or so), I decided to search for some of those old car radios there on ebay, & did see 1 or 2 at that time.
However; they didn't seem to be as appealing to the eye, as each of the ones that you've restored, and besides, I didn't have a good place to work on radios then, (and only have slightly better now)!! 😊
So as a result, I didn't buy, nor place any bids at that time. That's been quite awhile ago, so I just may go and have me a look, here in a bit! 😊
Ron
Music intro ???
Is that sitting on a Buick Riviera?
Nice
good but doesnt work anymore
The cat got your tongue? Silent movies went out of style around 1929. You dig?
Very good restoration bro 👍👍👍👍👍
Go to Thrifty 's drug store and test the tubes. Lol the good old days
retro hax
Без демонстрации того, что оно работает, финал не имеет смысла, как и вся переделка...
Bluetooth probably doesn't work... ;)
Although it can be added fairly easily. I've seen restorers on other youtube channels do it all the time.