It's the Crosley "Coloradio" from 1950. Chartruese was model 10-137. Depending on the color the trim came in either gold or chrome. Model numbers went from 10-135 to 10-140. Typical AA5 radio with the usual problems on an old receiver. Great restoration job Seth. You didn't do the crazy thing by repainting the unique color of the cabinet.💯
Crosley 10-137 from 1950, in a very nice green color. Bluetooth is always a nice option to add on older tube radios vs. listening to AM or FM stations. Very nice one you did, Seth!
You got lucky with this one. I've done many of the various Crosley dashboard sets over the years and it's a 50-50 chance they'll have silver mica disease which, as you know, is a major pain to remove that old mica from those small IF cans.
Awesome video! Those wax paper multi-section electrolytics weren't really that good even when they were new. When that receiver came off the assembly line, AM radio broadcasting was king! There wasn't really that much on FM until about 30 years later, especially in the smaller towns.
I just recapped one of these, and the original electrolytic was 100, 30, 10. Micamold. So the one in your set was almost certainly a replacement with the wrong values, not that it really matters much
Given the tolerances on those ancient electrolytics, I imagine a chewing gum wrapper or three, rolled into some wax paper and dipped in candle wax would satisfy most requirements, long as the brine solution was right!
I love these old cabinet designs. Sad that this one has so many chip outs. There are so many hobby craft paints available these days, I'd think there's a way to mix a couple of them to get the right color hue to blend into the nicks, and wet sand smooth.
It's the Crosley "Coloradio" from 1950. Chartruese was model 10-137. Depending on the color the trim came in either gold
or chrome. Model numbers went from 10-135 to 10-140. Typical AA5 radio with the usual problems on an old receiver.
Great restoration job Seth. You didn't do the crazy thing by repainting the unique color of the cabinet.💯
Crosley 10-137 from 1950, in a very nice green color. Bluetooth is always a nice option to add on older tube radios vs. listening to AM or FM stations. Very nice one you did, Seth!
You got lucky with this one. I've done many of the various Crosley dashboard sets over the years and it's a 50-50 chance they'll have silver mica disease which, as you know, is a major pain to remove that old mica from those small IF cans.
So ironic, we think of silver and mica as such inert materials.
My comb misses your "hair raising experience ". ; )
I have this set !
thats a nice unit Mr. Radio. as usual you did a fantastic job. it sounds and looks great 👍
Awesome video! Those wax paper multi-section electrolytics weren't really that good even when they were new. When that receiver came off the assembly line, AM radio broadcasting was king! There wasn't really that much on FM until about 30 years later, especially in the smaller towns.
I remember our first FM station in the early 1970's. It was mpx and that was really great!
I like this radio!
Nice one Seth
I just recapped one of these, and the original electrolytic was 100, 30, 10. Micamold. So the one in your set was almost certainly a replacement with the wrong values, not that it really matters much
Sometimes they were rated + 100 to - 20 % of value....
Given the tolerances on those ancient electrolytics, I imagine a chewing gum wrapper or three, rolled into some wax paper and dipped in candle wax would satisfy most requirements, long as the brine solution was right!
I love these old cabinet designs. Sad that this one has so many chip outs.
There are so many hobby craft paints available these days, I'd think there's a way to mix a couple of them to get the right color hue to blend into the nicks, and wet sand smooth.
That’s a nice original radio I hope he doesn’t drill a hole in this one