07-10-2017, 09:45 PM
Hello there, everyone...Maybe you can help me...
I was at a recent antique fair looking for records and old radios...Well, I happened on this little beauty for $10...
https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_fo...e_id=38793
It was $20, but because it does not have a power cord and the dial looks a little distressed, I reminded the vendor selling it that it would be a project and he agreed to sell it to me for $10...Anyway, I have a good friend who is a vintage radio repair specialist (fixed an RCA Victor 9-X-561 radio for me to go with my 9-JY turntable) who says this one is a Philco Transitone...Two things I would like to know...How hard would it be to get the dial looking like new and 2. What model is this one exactly? I have seen the 46-250 and 48-250 models, but the knobs look different...It almost looks like the original knobs were replaced by ones from an older model, or is this a different model Transitone entirely? There are so many variations on the Transitones, including the "Flying Wedge" versions...If anyone can offer up any more info or clues, let me know, and thanks again!
Tony
[Image: https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_fo...e_id=38793]
I was at a recent antique fair looking for records and old radios...Well, I happened on this little beauty for $10...
https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_fo...e_id=38793
It was $20, but because it does not have a power cord and the dial looks a little distressed, I reminded the vendor selling it that it would be a project and he agreed to sell it to me for $10...Anyway, I have a good friend who is a vintage radio repair specialist (fixed an RCA Victor 9-X-561 radio for me to go with my 9-JY turntable) who says this one is a Philco Transitone...Two things I would like to know...How hard would it be to get the dial looking like new and 2. What model is this one exactly? I have seen the 46-250 and 48-250 models, but the knobs look different...It almost looks like the original knobs were replaced by ones from an older model, or is this a different model Transitone entirely? There are so many variations on the Transitones, including the "Flying Wedge" versions...If anyone can offer up any more info or clues, let me know, and thanks again!
Tony
[Image: https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_fo...e_id=38793]
