I just inherited a similar radio from my Grandparents estate. It's a model 56A that is in fantastic shape and works great! I remember listening to this radio while playing pool with my cousins. It has a place of honor in my office. Every time I turn it on I remember my grandparents and extended family and all the good times I had with them.
Old is new again. A wonderful restoration Buzz. I admire your efforts to sustain our industrial heritage. Your videos take me back to the footsteps of those times and I bask in their glow. Thank you.
Really nice work! I am very impressed with how you fixed up the cabinet. I am going to have to watch that again a few times as I have a couple of radios that could use an exterior face lift. Cheers!
Buzz, Outstanding performance from start to finish, my friend. Excellent work . It's one of the reasons I stopped doing TH-cam radio restoration videos; nowadays y'all restorers make me look like a piker, which is the way it's supposed to be. A doff of the hat to you. Regards, John
I really like your videos, I used to collect vintage radios and record players until I became disabled. I sold most of them. I had them downstairs in my family room. I cant walk so I cant go downstairs these videos kind of fill that empty space I have since I can't work on them. Also they are very entertaining to watch. Thank you.
@@Buzz1151 no just an old council house built in 1937 but it's cosy and it suits my wheelchair gill fill an dont have a clue where it is see ya cold today outside.
Great video again Buzz and a really nice radio. I like the copper colour you used and when you sprayed the IF cans It reminded me of those lovely old copper shields in some of the early Philips TRF radios. The skiddy undies seem to work wonders when applying the stain.I must give it a go! I look forward to the next project.
Buzz...I have one ready for a new rub of mahogany stain, I think I want to remove the clear plastic dial cover but what glue did u use when u replaced yours...radio needed a new tube and 110 cord
I have never heard of that brand of radio before. Looks like it was of decent quality when it was originally made, and you brought it back to a very nice appearance! Glad you changed the caps, could end up with destroyed transformers and / or tubes if you hadn't done so. Your "special effects" are really great too. Enjoyed the video!
Oh boy. STUNNING restoration! Buzz. You do know what you're doing. Right? This one was one of the hardest, I hope you know. Boy oh boy Buzz. lol. I started laughng out loud when you dropped the "yeee-hohhh" bite. Then when you pushed dear ol' John under the bus, again, I laughed out loud even louder. But when the the skid mark first appeared.. I lost it. In bed. Whilst laughing. Thank God all I did was, you know. No cleanup in Aisle A needed. Buzz, I knew I was in trouble when you set up for the reveal. I could feel it. Something you did, and I'm not sure what it was, was a tip off that the ending was gonna be hard. And it was. Dear Buzz1151... I'm trying to grow up gracefully. I'm 'only' 61 but with cardiac 'issues'. Your genius videography and story development was over the top with this one. I'm done crying now. It was hard to type this. Your endings can be so very, very profoundly sad - in a way that I don't even understand. Maybe I'm afraid. Sometimes I just can't seem to figure out where all the years have gone. Sometimes I feel lost in time...... thank you so very much, you amazing man :)
There is a market for the Los Angeles AA5s here in Socal. I just picked up one of these today. I appreciate the restoration you did and absolutely loved all the funny inserts!
What could be better than a glass of Merlot and a Buzz Friday Night video. Thanks Buzz. I was a Mary Ann fan too though I wouldn't kick Ginger out on a cold night either. Stay well. ATB Doug.
Congratulations on another brilliant restoration! I SO ENJOY your videos. Please keep them coming, and thanks for including me in the sound track!!!! Your restoration is beautiful, that wooden cabinet really came around, and the copper paint was wonderful. I did miss the red transformer trick, but that's for another video, right?! Thanks for your videos Buzz, I really enjoy them! If you are runn8ing out of radios to fix, my god man, have you forgotten about TAPE RECORDERS? Your Sears Stereo Tape Recorder series is classic, the stuff of legend! Think about it.
If I could get my hands on a decent tape recorder I might do it...Up next is that Sparton console that was in the background while I was painting...maybe you can send me your undies when I stain it..hahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣
The radio turned out beautiful Buzz, I REALLY love the dial face. Nice work on the veneer and the copper facd too.Really nice work, oh and Anne Margaret never looked better.
You were lucky with this one Buzz. The 1946 Sears Silvertone I am working on had mud dobber hornet nests in it.I am getting that one back together. You did a beautiful job on that radio thanks for sharing and showing your hard work.
Buzz, I knew it was gonna work! New caps is a swell idea, Daddio!. It just makes sense. You call THAT a skid mark? I was so happy to see my head floating there. BONJOUR everyone. Buzz you outdid yourself. This has to be the best radio video ever!! That metal grill really came out nice with the copper paint. I think it looks better than new. Dickel is a good researcher and should teach kids how to distance learn. These Angels were some hot chicks. So is Ann Margaret. One wild Bobcat. No way I could have tamed her, even in my prime.
remember, Ann Margret was a "kitten with a whip!", she would of tamed you haha, Thanks for sending your undies...now the world knows that you are a "fruit of the looms" type of guy!!🤣
Another radio saved, it came out nice. I almost got one of those from e-bay a few weeks back but I hesitated and it was sold, it had a chrome front grill with black stained veneer. They did come in a copper finish also Buzz and black, there are 2 for sale on fleece-bay right now.
14 year Glennfiddich? I'm impressed Buzz! Ain't gonna lie, when you tuned into the Gilligans Island song, I spit up my Dr. Pepper. As always great work Buzz!
Beautiful job Buzz. I would have never thought it would look as good as this. It was in real rough shape. You obviously put in a lot of hours into this. Luckily, we had a condensed version through video editing. Congratulations on a job well done.
@@Buzz1151 The blending of the wood on top was not looking good but you certainly are a veteran in all things restoration. Great job Buzz. Love the videos. Nice editing as well. Always a well produced bit of entertainment.
Love it Buzz. I was wondering where you have been but now I see you have been very busy indeed. That is a great job on that, lot of work. Your videos keep me motivated to venture out into my shop to work on some of my own projects. Keep up the good work and am looking forward to a Sparton restore!!!
Looks great there Buzz. Your a wizard with these newer metallic spray paints. Toner worked magic on the inferior cabinetry. Looks like you could ask a $100 for it now.
Hi Buzz. Looks like Lockmeister could use a little more fiber in his diet. I'm so glad when one of your videos pop up. I get to unclench my jaws, and my blood pressure comes down for a while. That radio came out real nice. My only concern is the heat coming off that rectifier tube in an unvented cabinet. Stay well my friend.
Now we know why they put asbestos in there...I had in on many hours, it didn't get too hot, but this radio will not get much play time.......mostly a shelf queen....Lockemeister was kind to send me his undies..haha
Nice work there Buzz, the case and escutcheon came out very nice to finish off the excellent radio work. I thought I subbed you a long time ago but apparently not... now subbed 🙂 BTW, I loved the Stooges bit, I based my life on their teachings 😄
This is from the radio museum " Gilfillan is now the ITT's radar division. 1942 Gilfillan Brothers Inc. was selected to produce the first Ground Control Approach (GCA) radar. The first pre-production radar system was completed the following year and was instrumental in the success of the Berlin Airlift - landing planes at the rapid rate of one per minute"
Buzz1151 Hah! I had a feeling you were gonna find something like that. But the schematic for a 5-tube Superhet was available in the back of any RCA receiving tube manual. No R+D by Radar Experts required. ;-)
Buzz1151 Forgot to mention that I really enjoyed the classic footage of the Gilfillan Bros. visiting their ancestral castle, and the ending with Til by The Angels. Jersey Girls!
Very nice, Buzz. I have the original version of that radio by the side of my bed. It actually worked quite well when I got it although it has an odd repro twisted line cord made for an earlier era. It actually works quite well for a AA5er. Any way your's looks a lot nicer now, btw the other knob was the original for what that's worth. Any way take care and stay well, and thanks...
I have a Troy radio model 14 that I intend to restore that was made in the early or mid 30s. The plate on back says it was made in Los Angeles and gives a street address as 1815 Venice Blvd (same as Gilfillan). This is a TRF 4 tube radio that has 58, 56, and 2A5 tubes along with an 80 rectifier. The price for a NOS 80 rectifier seems to be around $30.
No doubt some tubes are getting pricer, but this guy sell tubes very reasonably, but the turn around time is a couple of weeks, Cheers, Buzz findatube.com/
Turned out really nicely, well painted sir! But now I want to watch Gilligan's Island... whenever I watch it though, Ginger makes me feel all funny. :/ Take it easy Buzz, stay safe now :D - Eddy
BTW, Bob Dobush sells 35Z5 rectifiers for $4.50 NOS and $2.50 used. Caveat, I have not bought from him before but was planning on trying for an upcoming project.. getting tubes over the border can be a pair sometime though... stupid mercury. Google: findatube dot com (i don't put the URL here in case it is filtered as spam) Cheers,
Hey pause I forgot to add an important notice I have Ginger's autograph Tina Louise I also have Mary Ann's autograph Dawn Wells I have also a contract with Dawn Wells on it signed by her keep up the good work love the video totally awesome.
G-I-LFI-LAN spells Gilligan...wait, that's not right, wasn't it Harrigan? Someone said that those Solar caps never go bad, lol. I think it was Lucky Larry, but I could be wrong. That Packard Bell radio on Gilligan's Island had a fake telescoping antenna on it as it was only AM and already had an internal antenna. On the first couple episodes of that show they had a Hallicrafters S-40...but they had a microphone hooked up to it as if it were a two-way, lol. I was watching The Munsters yesterday and Grandpa had a chassis and a horn speakers and blew an inch of dust off an ST tube and said it was an "old" tube, plugged it into the radio and started receiving news of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Grandpa said "Boy, these are some really old tubes"! Noticed on another episode they had what appeared to be an Atwater Kent cathedral set. I had a big Sparton Console years ago that sounded awesome (had to let it go when I moved)...now I'm jealous, :) "Scotched In Scotland" was a great 3 stooges episode. My favorite quote was Shemp saying, "Hey Lorna, How ya doon?" Suggestion, When the metal is pitted, use some body filler on it, then sand & paint. Little Gilfillan turned out pretty nice.
Very nice. I hate to mention it, but in the reveal isn't there a noticeable bend at the center of the top of the face plate flange, where it contacts the wood panel? I was impressed that you removed so much of the pitting. I didn't like that you obscured the lettering on the IF transformers. That radio in the background looks gorgeous. Personally, I would have used a 68uF in place of 60uF - increasing filter capacitance rather than decreasing from spec. Your skill with wood stain and toning is impressive. That cabinet was improved significantly. The background music goes along very well with the project.
Hey Buzz, is that great big Sparten radio with the push buttons in the garage going to be your next project? I have a Sparten 867 that still needs an alignment but other that that it's good to go! Great video bud.
Excellent video and restoration!! Keep up the good work!!!! By the way, are you sure the brown stain you put on the cabinet wasn't from the stained undies??? 😱 Also, why aren't you wearing a mask?? 😷😷 😂😂😂
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I just inherited a similar radio from my Grandparents estate. It's a model 56A that is in fantastic shape and works great! I remember listening to this radio while playing pool with my cousins. It has a place of honor in my office. Every time I turn it on I remember my grandparents and extended family and all the good times I had with them.
nice memory 👍
Really enjoyed this one too, Buzz. Very nice job, narration and photography, excellent !
Many thanks!😊😊👌👌👌👍👍👍♥
Old is new again. A wonderful restoration Buzz. I admire your efforts to sustain our industrial heritage. Your videos take me back to the footsteps of those times and I bask in their glow. Thank you.
I try to make my videos fun and nostalgic, many thanks, Buzz
I enjoy watching the restoring process, and enjoy watching people tinker with things to better them. Yahoo!
thanks Yolanda 🌹
I learn something every time. I do like the commentary and music also. Entertaining and informative.
you get free French fries for watching too!!🍟
Really nice work! I am very impressed with how you fixed up the cabinet. I am going to have to watch that again a few times as I have a couple of radios that could use an exterior face lift. Cheers!
yay!,,👍👍🍺🍺
Great job Buzz...Thanks for the education and entertainment.
Glad you enjoyed it
Tremendously enjoy and look forward to your videos buzz. Still say better than anything on TV.
aww shucks 😳
Another great restoration Buzz. You breathed new life into that old radio.Best of all you got the girl in the end.
haha, yes, i did!!😁😁
Hi Buzz. Thanks for another Great restoration and video.
Glad you enjoyed it, Buzz✔
Buzz,
Outstanding performance from start to finish, my friend. Excellent work . It's one of the reasons I stopped doing TH-cam radio restoration videos; nowadays y'all restorers make me look like a piker, which is the way it's supposed to be.
A doff of the hat to you.
Regards,
John
John. The world wants to know...who was your dream girl in 1961?
Buzz,
Sandra Dee of course!
Regards,
John
@@joernone Gidget, I should have known!
Ice radio buzz I like the theme with Gilligan I grew up watching it as a kid awesome restoration thanks buzz thank you for posting
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I really like your videos, I used to collect vintage radios and record players until I became disabled. I sold most of them. I had them downstairs in my family room. I cant walk so I cant go downstairs these videos kind of fill that empty space I have since I can't work on them. Also they are very entertaining to watch. Thank you.
Thanks Mike..I appreciate that..I'll have part 3 of my Sparton up by this Friday...Buzz
...well, NONE of us are getting any younger-!!!
Nice work. Good year 1946!!! Ann Looks great!!!!
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another beautiful restore job it's quite simple buzz gil-fill-an look forward to your next restore stay safe
Hey David, did Dickel get "Gilfillan" pronunciation right??
and do you live in a Scottish castle? haha, Buzz
@@Buzz1151 no just an old council house built in 1937 but it's cosy and it suits my wheelchair gill fill an dont have a clue where it is see ya cold today outside.
Another triumph Buzz, well done!
Cheers, John
Its good to know that some people like my videos, cheers, Buzz
Boy howdy, this one really came out well. Buzz, you are a true master.
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Your expertise is beyond compare. Thank-You very much for an excellent show.
You are very welcome Mr Bond! 😷😷
Really nice Buzz. Finally a metallic paint that works!👍👍 Nice sound!
The metallic copper paint looks good, but after you apply like 10 coats the paint takes forever to dry...just a warning..haha
Ok
Great video again Buzz and a really nice radio.
I like the copper colour you used and when you sprayed the IF cans
It reminded me of those lovely old copper shields in some of the early Philips TRF radios.
The skiddy undies seem to work wonders when applying the stain.I must give it a go!
I look forward to the next project.
I'll have to send you some undies! haha😁
I like what you do, you do Good 👍 Work , keep up the good work 👍!!!!
Thanks 👍
Buzz...I have one ready for a new rub of mahogany stain, I think I want to remove the clear plastic dial cover but what glue did u use when u replaced yours...radio needed a new tube and 110 cord
Holey Moley . . . . that looks as good as it sounds . . . . . great work Mr. Buzz . . . . . Rog
it turned out better than i expected 😊
Great video, Buzz! Thanks for making radio repair and restoration fun. Also, my kids are impressed with your editing skills.
hello AM....happy you like the video, and thanks to your kids! 😲😲😲
I have never heard of that brand of radio before. Looks like it was of decent quality when it was originally made, and you brought it back to a very nice appearance! Glad you changed the caps, could end up with destroyed transformers and / or tubes if you hadn't done so.
Your "special effects" are really great too. Enjoyed the video!
Hey, thanks Wayne. glad you enjoy them...always like to get feedback on my videos...cheers, Buzz 👍👍👍
Oh boy. STUNNING restoration! Buzz. You do know what you're doing. Right? This one was one of the hardest, I hope you know. Boy oh boy Buzz. lol. I started laughng out loud when you dropped the "yeee-hohhh" bite. Then when you pushed dear ol' John under the bus, again, I laughed out loud even louder. But when the the skid mark first appeared.. I lost it. In bed. Whilst laughing. Thank God all I did was, you know. No cleanup in Aisle A needed. Buzz, I knew I was in trouble when you set up for the reveal. I could feel it. Something you did, and I'm not sure what it was, was a tip off that the ending was gonna be hard. And it was. Dear Buzz1151... I'm trying to grow up gracefully. I'm 'only' 61 but with cardiac 'issues'. Your genius videography and story development was over the top with this one. I'm done crying now. It was hard to type this. Your endings can be so very, very profoundly sad - in a way that I don't even understand. Maybe I'm afraid. Sometimes I just can't seem to figure out where all the years have gone. Sometimes I feel lost in time...... thank you so very much, you amazing man :)
So, at the end, that was you crying in the background huh? haha
PS.......the ending was for you if you haven't already guessed....cheers, Buzz
I have one that's all original and you got that cabinet really close to what the original looks like
Excellent work Buzz!
Hi Bill Goat.....Glad you liked the video.....Do you remember that 1961 song?..............Buzz
@@Buzz1151 I never heard it before but it is a good song
Buzz great as always, greetings from Belgium
Hello there! Hows Belguim?cheers. Buzz
Nice job! It's impressive how everything you work on comes out looking and working great.
it's by no means an accident, despite my screwups.haha 👍👍
There is a market for the Los Angeles AA5s here in Socal. I just picked up one of these today. I appreciate the restoration you did and absolutely loved all the funny inserts!
Very cool!
What could be better than a glass of Merlot and a Buzz Friday Night video. Thanks Buzz. I was a Mary Ann fan too though I wouldn't kick Ginger out on a cold night either. Stay well. ATB Doug.
having a sip of Chardonnay here..haha...Yeah, Mary Ann was nice, but give me Ann-Margret..haha😵
Yes Ann was up there for sure. Don't forget Ursula Andress coming out of the water in Dr No.
Congratulations on another brilliant restoration! I SO ENJOY your videos. Please keep them coming, and thanks for including me in the sound track!!!! Your restoration is beautiful, that wooden cabinet really came around, and the copper paint was wonderful. I did miss the red transformer trick, but that's for another video, right?! Thanks for your videos Buzz, I really enjoy them!
If you are runn8ing out of radios to fix, my god man, have you forgotten about TAPE RECORDERS? Your Sears Stereo Tape Recorder series is classic, the stuff of legend! Think about it.
If I could get my hands on a decent tape recorder I might do it...Up next is that Sparton console that was in the background while I was painting...maybe you can send me your undies when I stain it..hahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣
The radio turned out beautiful Buzz, I REALLY love the dial face. Nice work on the veneer and the copper facd too.Really nice work, oh and Anne Margaret never looked better.
Thank you! Cheers!👍
Absolutely Fantastic work! Well Done!
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks Buzz - nice work.
Thank you kindly✔✔👍👍👍
Looks great , good work ! Congrats !
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Bugger me! BuzZzer, now that is a bloody wicked job
Bugger me! Andrew, you're the greatest piano tuner in all the British Empire!
Great presentation, I particularly enjoyed your audio and video mixing.
P. S. Great policy replace all those old capacitors.
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You were lucky with this one Buzz. The 1946 Sears Silvertone I am working on had mud dobber hornet nests in it.I am getting that one back together. You did a beautiful job on that radio thanks for sharing and showing your hard work.
Very cool!, thanks for watching, 👍
...well, don't let THAT bug ya-!!!
That Anne Margret was something else!
she's the cat's meow, haha
...I WONDER WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE NOW(?)
Never heard of "Gilfillan". Great job, and funny & informative video. Thanks BUZZ!
But I bet you heard of Gilligan! haha
...me neither- but I don't know anything about vintage radios, anyway-!!!
Buzz, I knew it was gonna work! New caps is a swell idea, Daddio!. It just makes sense.
You call THAT a skid mark? I was so happy to see my head floating there. BONJOUR everyone. Buzz you outdid yourself. This has to be the best radio video ever!!
That metal grill really came out nice with the copper paint. I think it looks better than new.
Dickel is a good researcher and should teach kids how to distance learn.
These Angels were some hot chicks. So is Ann Margaret. One wild Bobcat. No way I could have tamed her, even in my prime.
remember, Ann Margret was a "kitten with a whip!", she would of tamed you haha, Thanks for sending your undies...now the world knows that you are a "fruit of the looms" type of guy!!🤣
Outstanding job on both Buzz. Has always Liked,shared. All my best.
Hi Bobby...How is Tennessee doing in all this crap? best regards, Buzz
@@Buzz1151 Hi Buzz. Doing good so far lucky not to be a Blue state. Hows your state doing ?. Be safe and has always, all my best.
@@tectalabyss there has only been like 130 deaths here, so not like NY, but our liberal governor wants to keep lockdown till July!!! OMFG..
Great job Buzz - always good to see you back. I did not know that you and Ann were an item back then. You lucky dog!
haha.. we were in my dreams 🤣
She turned out really nice, buzz! I see a BIG Sparton console radio in the background in the garage. That looks like an interesting upcoming project.
The Sparton will take center stage on my next video...Good guess...cheers
Another radio saved, it came out nice. I almost got one of those from e-bay a few weeks back but I hesitated and it was sold, it had a chrome front grill with black stained veneer. They did come in a copper finish also Buzz and black, there are 2 for sale on fleece-bay right now.
one is enough for me lol 🤣🤣
..."FLEAbay"(?)
Another beauty Buzz. Damn. No red IF cans. Copper paint really looks close to the cap. Almost time for some Corona Taters.
no taters fo Buzz , maybe John will grow some! 😀
Great job on this one. The radio looks great.
Thanks!
Cracking restoration!!
cracking comment👍👍👍👍👍
...ESPECIALLY ON THE CABINET!!!
Buzz...beautiful music to display the fantastic job on this radio...did you hide a dollar inside? love your videos..stay safe and healthy...
no I didn't, I blew all my $$ on the dial cover, haha, regards, Buzz
Great work Buzz .Skid marks classic!
a good gag is always worth repeating, haha😊😊😊
Great job again Buzz ,Gee and i remember watching Gilligan's Island back in the day ,Enjoyed ur video as always.
Many thanks, thanks 👍
Looks nice! Is there any danger that the cabinet will burn since you removed the asbestos?
@@spudweg I hope not..LOL
@@spudweg ...it's a possibility- but not a CERTAINTY-!!!
14 year Glennfiddich? I'm impressed Buzz! Ain't gonna lie, when you tuned into the Gilligans Island song, I spit up my Dr. Pepper. As always great work Buzz!
haha thanks Zeb 👍👍👍😊
About to tackle a resto of a 1942 Sears Silvertone model 7134. Lucky for me, cabinet only!
Beautiful job Buzz. I would have never thought it would look as good as this. It was in real rough shape. You obviously put in a lot of hours into this. Luckily, we had a condensed version through video editing. Congratulations on a job well done.
It was tedious...I'm glad it's done..the nightmare is over haha
@@Buzz1151 The blending of the wood on top was not looking good but you certainly are a veteran in all things restoration. Great job Buzz. Love the videos. Nice editing as well. Always a well produced bit of entertainment.
Nice radio...good job on it...
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Love it Buzz. I was wondering where you have been but now I see you have been very busy indeed. That is a great job on that, lot of work. Your videos keep me motivated to venture out into my shop to work on some of my own projects. Keep up the good work and am looking forward to a Sparton restore!!!
The Sparton will take more than 1 episode thats for sure, ....now where am I going to put it???🤔🤔🤔
Looks great there Buzz. Your a wizard with these newer metallic spray paints. Toner worked magic on the inferior cabinetry. Looks like you could ask a $100 for it now.
SOLD!! haha
Hi Buzz. Looks like Lockmeister could use a little more fiber in his diet. I'm so glad when one of your videos pop up. I get to unclench my jaws, and my blood pressure comes down for a while. That radio came out real nice. My only concern is the heat coming off that rectifier tube in an unvented cabinet. Stay well my friend.
Now we know why they put asbestos in there...I had in on many hours, it didn't get too hot, but this radio will not get much play time.......mostly a shelf queen....Lockemeister was kind to send me his undies..haha
It's vented in the back
The ending of you video was fabulous....Oh, and the radio came out great too.
I really like the ending if I say so myself!!....thanks, Buzz
Super job
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Nice work there Buzz, the case and escutcheon came out very nice to finish off the excellent radio work. I thought I subbed you a long time ago but apparently not... now subbed 🙂 BTW, I loved the Stooges bit, I based my life on their teachings 😄
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Nice work, Buzz! As always....
“Engineered by Radar Experts” - yeah, surrre.....
This is from the radio museum
" Gilfillan is now the ITT's radar division.
1942 Gilfillan Brothers Inc. was selected to produce the first Ground Control Approach (GCA) radar. The first pre-production radar system was completed the following year and was instrumental in the success of the Berlin Airlift - landing planes at the rapid rate of one per minute"
Buzz1151 Hah! I had a feeling you were gonna find something like that. But the schematic for a 5-tube Superhet was available in the back of any RCA receiving tube manual. No R+D by Radar Experts required. ;-)
@@superhet7281 haha
Buzz1151 Forgot to mention that I really enjoyed the classic footage of the Gilfillan Bros. visiting their ancestral castle, and the ending with Til by The Angels. Jersey Girls!
Another Buzz1151 masterpiece.
thanks James, wait till you see my next project! 😮
Thanks Buzz. Looks like a little TV with the guts out of it.
yes it does..
Very nice, Buzz. I have the original version of that radio by the side of my bed. It actually worked quite well when I got it although it has an odd repro twisted line cord made for an earlier era. It actually works quite well for a AA5er. Any way your's looks a lot nicer now, btw the other knob was the original for what that's worth. Any way take care and stay well, and thanks...
I wish I had a Charlie McCarthy radio now that I know where to get the knobs!
Great job Buzz.................................Berni
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Nice Job Buzz!
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The best thing to do with a specific sheeting like that. It's just spray some clear lacker around it to contain it and leave it alone
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I have a Troy radio model 14 that I intend to restore that was made in the early or mid 30s. The plate on back says it was made in Los Angeles and gives a street address as 1815 Venice Blvd (same as Gilfillan). This is a TRF 4 tube radio that has 58, 56, and 2A5 tubes along with an 80 rectifier. The price for a NOS 80 rectifier seems to be around $30.
No doubt some tubes are getting pricer, but this guy sell tubes very reasonably, but the turn around time is a couple of weeks, Cheers, Buzz
findatube.com/
Looks so beautiful 😍 Awesome repair Buzz... And eww those undies
haha, Maybe next time you can send a pair of yours!!🌝
@@Buzz1151 lol
Don't see too many of those out here in the east. Came out nice! The "Gilligan" transistor was a Packard Bell, and sell for stupid money.
yeah, who would buy a Gilligan radio when you can get a Gilfillan!!! haha, Buzz
@@Buzz1151 GOOD POINT-!!!
Turned out really nicely, well painted sir!
But now I want to watch Gilligan's Island... whenever I watch it though, Ginger makes me feel all funny. :/
Take it easy Buzz, stay safe now :D
- Eddy
BTW, Bob Dobush sells 35Z5 rectifiers for $4.50 NOS and $2.50 used. Caveat, I have not bought from him before but was planning on trying for an upcoming project.. getting tubes over the border can be a pair sometime though... stupid mercury.
Google: findatube dot com (i don't put the URL here in case it is filtered as spam)
Cheers,
I was a Mary Ann guy myself..haha
@@EngineeringVignettes I do order from Bob for many years, but he's kind of slow in shipping, and I needed the tube fast...thanx
an excelent entertaining video.
Thank You Sir......You undoubtedly have great taste....haha
really enjoy watching your videos very entertaining keep them coming
this radio kicked my ass, it took so long to finish ..haha
21:56...that's a doggone good idea-!!
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Hey pause I forgot to add an important notice I have Ginger's autograph Tina Louise I also have Mary Ann's autograph Dawn Wells I have also a contract with Dawn Wells on it signed by her keep up the good work love the video totally awesome.
Very cool!
G-I-LFI-LAN spells Gilligan...wait, that's not right, wasn't it Harrigan? Someone said that those Solar caps never go bad, lol. I think it was Lucky Larry, but I could be wrong. That Packard Bell radio on Gilligan's Island had a fake telescoping antenna on it as it was only AM and already had an internal antenna. On the first couple episodes of that show they had a Hallicrafters S-40...but they had a microphone hooked up to it as if it were a two-way, lol. I was watching The Munsters yesterday and Grandpa had a chassis and a horn speakers and blew an inch of dust off an ST tube and said it was an "old" tube, plugged it into the radio and started receiving news of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Grandpa said "Boy, these are some really old tubes"! Noticed on another episode they had what appeared to be an Atwater Kent cathedral set. I had a big Sparton Console years ago that sounded awesome (had to let it go when I moved)...now I'm jealous, :) "Scotched In Scotland" was a great 3 stooges episode. My favorite quote was Shemp saying, "Hey Lorna, How ya doon?" Suggestion, When the metal is pitted, use some body filler on it, then sand & paint. Little Gilfillan turned out pretty nice.
wow Gary, you're just a wealth of knowledge!!!😵😵😵😵
A little glazing putty will smooth out the rust bumps.
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Excellent results Buzz. All the effort was worthwhile.
Did you have a chance to check out ‘The secret life of machines’ yet?
All the best
Lynton
I will check it out pronto, thanks my friend, Buzz
Very nice. I hate to mention it, but in the reveal isn't there a noticeable bend at the center of the top of the face plate flange, where it contacts the wood panel? I was impressed that you removed so much of the pitting. I didn't like that you obscured the lettering on the IF transformers. That radio in the background looks gorgeous. Personally, I would have used a 68uF in place of 60uF - increasing filter capacitance rather than decreasing from spec. Your skill with wood stain and toning is impressive. That cabinet was improved significantly. The background music goes along very well with the project.
There is a bend there, but that's water under the bridge
Nice
Thanks, glad to oblige, Buzz
Another great video, Buzz! Till by The Angles was perfect. Were those Ann's heels in front of the mirror?
mirror?
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@@dennism48317 OMG..have you got good eyes or what? haha..I WISH they were Ann's shoes.😮😮😮😮
...those old paper capacitors are a disaster that's waiting to happen- I'd replace them all!!
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The radio MAY be older than I am. I came out of the blocks in August 1946.
1946 was a great year....Troops came home and were making babies!!! cheers
Hey Buzz, is that great big Sparten radio with the push buttons in the garage going to be your next project? I have a Sparten 867 that still needs an alignment but other that that it's good to go! Great video bud.
Yes it will,,,😃😃😃😃
15:17...that particular cabinet doesn't look like it's all that it's cracked up to be-!!!
(get it? get it? get it? snucker-snucker-snucker-snucker!!)
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Excellent video and restoration!! Keep up the good work!!!! By the way, are you sure the brown stain you put on the cabinet wasn't from the stained undies??? 😱 Also, why aren't you wearing a mask?? 😷😷 😂😂😂
Im sure some poop was mixed in with the stain, haha, but it smells OK...I am wearing a mask..😷😷😷😷😷
Very well done Buzz.... bravo.... Where do you get your toner ? I've looked around and cannot find it. Its a really nice radio - thank you .
Hi Ron..Just google Mohawk Toner...in portland there is 1 store that carries it but you can mail order it...Cheers😷
Hey Ron, Here's where I usually order my Mohawk toner from. www.westlunddistributing.com/touch-up-finish/finishing/stains-color-products.html
It's a glamorous looking gal - fill-in once again! Can I have one, please mister please? name ➡🎩
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...I wonder if that paint on the IF cans will burn and smell with the nearby heat of the tubes?
i dont think so
...only one way to find out-!!!
Solar is still around as a brand of professional battery chargers and jump start packs.
gotta give them caps their due, they sill worked after 70 years...
20:54...just because it "looks good"- that doesn't mean that you want to EAT it(!)
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Is it possible that the grill was electroplated with copper?
looked liked it was
give the grill to john he will rust treat it and paint it
I gave it John's rust treatment, vinegar 👍
30:00...and they are too chintzy to buy a new rectifier tube(?)
no use wasting money if the radio keeps blowing the tube
keep your fingers away from the speaker Buzz
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Hey buzz 2nd to comment!
YAY!
Gill falen
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It's pronounced gil fallon
thanks Einstein....😋