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In the early 1960’s I owned an AM transistor radio. I have tried for years to find the maker of this radio as well as the model number and possibly a photo. I have always believed it was made by Philco, but I could be wrong about that. The radio was roughly 12”x10”. It had a black leather case with a leather strap handle at the top. The the entire front of the radio was chrome. The slide rule dial at the top had a chrome sliding cover that could be opened or closed. There were two chrome knobs. It ran forever on 6-8 “D” batteries. Your help in identifying this radio would be greatly appreciated. Bob Bonner.
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Welcome to the Phorum! Your description covers a lot of radios of that era I think, but perhaps someone will recognize it. The photos on this site stop at
1960 so probably don't have what you are looking for. There are photos on the radiomuseum.org site that might also help you. You can search for specific manufacturers and time periods on the
main search page. Maybe something like this one,
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philco_t_805t80.html or a General Electric
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/general_el_p_865b.html . Unfortunately I think there are lot to look through if its not a Philco (and they don't have pictures of all radios either). Good Luck!
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Thank you sooooo much! You were spot on. The Philco link you supplied at
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philco_t_805t80.html
was IT. I can't thank you enough. Your 1st guess was correct.
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Glad I could help...it was mostly luck! Maybe one will come up for sale on ebay or craigslist and you can pick one up.
