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It just won't die..
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I figure this might be right place to post this little thread. What I am talking about are those radios we've picked up that seem to refuse to die. Radios that were working when we got them and have either never done a full rebuild on or lasted a really long time before they finally had to be rebuilt. This would also include radios working on very old rebuild/servicing jobs. Basically, radios that we found and haven't done much more than replace the old cords, any bad tubes, and aligned just to keep them going for a while, yet they just refuse to die.
In my collection I have four that seem to fit that definition. The biggest is my Crosley 819M Curveflector, which only got a new cord, two new rectifier tubes, and an alignment by the previous owner and radio restorer before I bought it. The other three are table radios. My Zenith C845Y (two new tubes), a little Arvin 444 (has a new cord), and finally the battered Philco 42-322 AKA The $10 Philco (two new tubes and an alignment). Actually just pulled the Philco out and it still seems to work as well as it did before I parked it.
So, what radios do any of you have that 'Refuse to Die'?

No matter where you go, there you are.


Messages In This Thread
It just won't die.. - by Jayce - 12-28-2017, 04:29 PM
RE: It just won't die.. - by Phlogiston - 12-28-2017, 06:52 PM
RE: It just won't die.. - by Ron Ramirez - 12-29-2017, 09:45 AM
RE: It just won't die.. - by John Bartley - 12-29-2017, 09:57 AM
RE: It just won't die.. - by Jayce - 12-29-2017, 05:05 PM
RE: It just won't die.. - by Brad Winder - 12-29-2017, 10:16 PM
RE: It just won't die.. - by Arran - 12-30-2017, 04:55 AM
RE: It just won't die.. - by Paul Philco322 - 12-30-2017, 07:26 PM
RE: It just won't die.. - by TV MAN - 01-29-2018, 07:28 PM



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