09-20-2008, 02:57 AM
Luckily, I have had several vintage radios in my shop for total-elec restoration that didnt need complete point-to-point rewiring, or other bad previously hacked chassis issues recently! In the past few weeks, I completed full restorations on another 49 Chev 6v Truck Radio, a 1938-39 model Coronado ac/dc true 6v orig battery or AC trans powered Farm radio tabletop, and a 1936 RCA tabletop, & a 1949 model Zenith ugly Bakelight set.I nicknamed it "Ugh" while restoring it!
My next "incoming- scuds" sets for repairs, are the following: a mod 66X Kadette tabletop,a Philco 46-1226 ( with rubber wiring insulation issues?) hee-hee!!, and Zenith 6D029 ( according to my customer calls) also.Lordy mercy, I never realized when I started this vintage radio restoration hobby yrs ago, that my customers were this serious about getting their "finds" restored!! These customers folks are retired!, and have nothing better to do than travel coast-to-coast finding these vintage radio sets to be restored! On top of that, my dear Wife, found another of her very-favorite sets, a very nice vintage Truetone D-723 tabletop model that also needs full-electronic restoration. We already have 2 of those same model Truetone sets fully restored in our collection already! Im doin the customers "payin-restorations" first!! Just hope I dont find another rash of bad antenna-coils on any of these sets! Ive had plenty of those very-recently. Hope my luck changes for the better, but Im not counting on it either!! Save all those vintage Radios!!! Ive never had this much "back-to-back" vintage radio-repair work before all at one time! Im starting to realize what "bench-tech-burnout" is all about! I love restoring vintage radios as much as anyone here, but doing that on-top of my regular day job is sometimes challenging for "clock-time" issues! Im sure Ron & Chuck can also agree (testify) on this issue as well!! Seems once folks find the techs, you can occasionally have a "outbreak" of vintage radio collectors enthusiasm all at the same time!,.. to get their sets restored!?? I dont even advertise services, these collectors find me by word of mouth lately! Every customer says: "Im not in a hurry at all",take your time!!!!!!!!!,... but they all call up next week wondering if their Radios are ready to go!!??? Those folks dont realize the whole full electronic repair scenario at all !! I consider myself lucky, in having a sincere customer base & still growing!! These vintage radio repair customers "back-off" also, when the electronic restoration time process is explained to them again. Seems they just simply "forget" that take-your-time part of the deal indeed !!
My next "incoming- scuds" sets for repairs, are the following: a mod 66X Kadette tabletop,a Philco 46-1226 ( with rubber wiring insulation issues?) hee-hee!!, and Zenith 6D029 ( according to my customer calls) also.Lordy mercy, I never realized when I started this vintage radio restoration hobby yrs ago, that my customers were this serious about getting their "finds" restored!! These customers folks are retired!, and have nothing better to do than travel coast-to-coast finding these vintage radio sets to be restored! On top of that, my dear Wife, found another of her very-favorite sets, a very nice vintage Truetone D-723 tabletop model that also needs full-electronic restoration. We already have 2 of those same model Truetone sets fully restored in our collection already! Im doin the customers "payin-restorations" first!! Just hope I dont find another rash of bad antenna-coils on any of these sets! Ive had plenty of those very-recently. Hope my luck changes for the better, but Im not counting on it either!! Save all those vintage Radios!!! Ive never had this much "back-to-back" vintage radio-repair work before all at one time! Im starting to realize what "bench-tech-burnout" is all about! I love restoring vintage radios as much as anyone here, but doing that on-top of my regular day job is sometimes challenging for "clock-time" issues! Im sure Ron & Chuck can also agree (testify) on this issue as well!! Seems once folks find the techs, you can occasionally have a "outbreak" of vintage radio collectors enthusiasm all at the same time!,.. to get their sets restored!?? I dont even advertise services, these collectors find me by word of mouth lately! Every customer says: "Im not in a hurry at all",take your time!!!!!!!!!,... but they all call up next week wondering if their Radios are ready to go!!??? Those folks dont realize the whole full electronic repair scenario at all !! I consider myself lucky, in having a sincere customer base & still growing!! These vintage radio repair customers "back-off" also, when the electronic restoration time process is explained to them again. Seems they just simply "forget" that take-your-time part of the deal indeed !!
