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RCA 5QR73 PX Restored
RodB
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02-20-2022, 08:03 PM
Last June a fellow brought to me his dad's RCA 5QR73PX that returned from Germany with him. Now it needed a restoration after spending 30+ years in a garage attic. That garage gave that radio a lot of abuse. I later discovered that the RCA is an alias, it's really a Graetz Comedia 4R/216 from Germany. So here are before and after photos.

   

   
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02-20-2022, 08:13 PM
Very nice! Icon_thumbup
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02-20-2022, 08:47 PM
WOW! good looking set.
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