02-19-2023, 09:20 PM
Rather similar but I guess slightly later model than my GE S22A (RCA R7A) which also has 47s in push pull. Good performing radio! Yours has a real nice cabinet! You will likely find that, unless you have an open transformer, changing caps and resistors is all you will need to do.
It is fun to try to get to the transformer and cap cans. I cheated and hung mine on the underside. Mine has 2 Marshons that I will eventually polish.
These are what I would think as the 2nd generation of radios actually built by the merged RCA Victor, with the Radiola 80 being the first. Victor Talking Machine build a few models of radios prior to their purchase by RCA, so Victor actually had the wherewithall to manufacture radios when RCA bought them.
+1 on the asbestos. Duno if degraded, prolly looked like that upon install. Nonetheless, wet it, carefully pull the staples (there is a special pair of pliers for that, available at HFT), bag it and trash it.
It is fun to try to get to the transformer and cap cans. I cheated and hung mine on the underside. Mine has 2 Marshons that I will eventually polish.
These are what I would think as the 2nd generation of radios actually built by the merged RCA Victor, with the Radiola 80 being the first. Victor Talking Machine build a few models of radios prior to their purchase by RCA, so Victor actually had the wherewithall to manufacture radios when RCA bought them.
+1 on the asbestos. Duno if degraded, prolly looked like that upon install. Nonetheless, wet it, carefully pull the staples (there is a special pair of pliers for that, available at HFT), bag it and trash it.
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MrFixr55
