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Western Auto Radio Restore
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(05-23-2016, 10:18 PM)KCMike Wrote:  I can't tell who made the cabinet. I'm going to try to just clean it up and leave it original.  There is an ink stamp on the bottom of cabinet that reads: " C. R. T. factory No. W09-XD7Y
Western Auto Stores".
Thanks for the link to history of company. Interesting you live around something all your life and don't really know the history of how it came to fruition.

 I think that C.R.T stands for Continental Radio & Television, which was the original name for what later became the Admiral Corporation. I have a very similar model of Truetone but the cabinet is different from yours, the speaker grille wraps around the right hand corner and the veneer and the top are made from walnut rather then mahogany.
Regards
Arran


Messages In This Thread
Western Auto Radio Restore - by KCMike - 05-23-2016, 09:06 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by morzh - 05-23-2016, 09:20 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by KCMike - 05-23-2016, 09:34 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by KCMike - 05-23-2016, 10:18 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by Arran - 05-24-2016, 12:30 AM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by Eliot Ness - 05-24-2016, 07:52 AM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by Dan Walker - 05-24-2016, 10:40 AM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by Squire - 05-24-2016, 12:35 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by TV MAN - 05-24-2016, 01:36 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by KCMike - 05-24-2016, 02:38 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by Radioroslyn - 05-24-2016, 07:08 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by KCMike - 05-24-2016, 07:36 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by KCMike - 06-17-2016, 02:43 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by klondike98 - 06-17-2016, 03:09 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by Radioroslyn - 06-17-2016, 04:39 PM
RE: Western Auto Radio Restore - by KCMike - 06-17-2016, 06:32 PM



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