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When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - ccomer1955 - 08-15-2015
I found another $5.00 radio at shop goodwill.com, and a Craigslist cache. I went to look at the Motorola 54A, and ended up with an old Philco console, and an old intercom...$40 for all three. They wanted to meet me in the parking lot of a Goodwill. They said they were closing their fathers estate, and if I didn't take them, they were going to donate them to Goodwill. Nice ladies from Iowa, they had to drive back tomorrow. I feel bad, but look at the radios!
I wonder if I can find a piece of trim to match the missing bar on the Silvertone? There is a better cabinet for it on EBay for $4.95 right now. I need to look up the Philco to see what model it is. It is a small chassis with five tubes and a small speaker, but I really like the lyre grill and chevron grille cloth. The Motorola is an AA%, I believe. If so, it will be the first one I've done. What do you think?
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - sam - 08-15-2015
looks like a nice score
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - Radioroslyn - 08-15-2015
The Philco console looks like a 610.
Terry
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - ccomer1955 - 08-15-2015
The Motorola is eluding me right now. I thought the models number was 54A, but that is an AA5, and this one definitely is not: transformer, an 80, 41, 75, 6D6, 6A7, and 78. The tag says model 54A16117.
The Philco is a 610F? Correct?
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - KCMike - 08-15-2015
Great score. Would'nt feel too bad. They wanted to get rid of them and you will take care of them vs. someone that might gut and repurpose the radio & cabinets.
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - OldRestorer - 08-15-2015
I am really digging that table top radio on the top of the stack. Which one is that?
Me
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - ccomer1955 - 08-15-2015
The two at the top are the speaker for the intercom system (on top), and the sending unit for the intercom (under that one). The speaker has a back on it, so I have yet to look at it, but the sending unit has four tubes and a small transformer on top of the chassis.
The speaker has a nice inlay running around the edge of the top. Kind of a small chevron about 1/8" wide.
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - PhilcoJohn - 08-15-2015
Good job. You scored a nice find!
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - OldRestorer - 08-15-2015
Oh lord I want it, lol
I have a nice set of NOS crosley chatterboxes that I want to hook up in the house.
Yours is much prettier.
Good finds!
Me
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - ccomer1955 - 08-15-2015
It seems to be a Webster "Teletalk" model 105M? Hard to say since it's hand written. Most likely, I'll get it working and have no use for it after. Let me see if I can find a schematic or at least puzzle out what the fourth tube could be. It does have nice scroll-work on the grille. I'll try to post another picture of the inlay (or decal) on the top for you.
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - ccomer1955 - 08-15-2015
Wow. Found it. It just has three tubes. On the other hand, the photo on Radio Museum seems to show four, but the write-up list only three. Hmmm. http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/webster2_teletalk_a_105m.html
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - codefox1 - 08-15-2015
Looks like a good season's worth of puttering ahead. Cabinets look pretty good too. Enjoy!
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - ccomer1955 - 08-15-2015
No kidding. I have at least four other radios in front of them. Christmas, everyone I know is getting a radio. I took a look at the speaker a bit more for the intercom. It is a Zenith cabinet, but the speaker itself is long gone, so it is an empty Zenith cabinet.
Here is a closeup of it. You might be able to see the inlay (it is inlay, but not a chevron pattern).
Still wondering about the correct ID for the Motorola.
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - ccomer1955 - 08-15-2015
I think I found the Motorola. It looks quite a lot like the 61CA or one of the 61D models but in the range of models 61, I can find no mention of how the push button circuit works or the sort of antenna that goes with the push button model. Mine also does not have a speaker plug. Hmmm. Anyway:
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/pagesbymodel/717/M0006717.pdf
RE: When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help. - Paul Philco322 - 08-16-2015
I like that Motorola, oddly I do not see many up here. Either nobody wants to sell or they did not get into the the Northeast as much. I would bet she will sound very fine.
http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=9460
This one in the link seemed close but the knobs on yours are not in a line?!
Paul