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Accidental Enthusiast, Curbside Find, and Some Questions
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At the beginning of our involvement in WW II, radio production, and car production were stopped in early February, 1942. There had been a whole year's supply of auto radios made, and now, no cars to install them in. For those people who needed a new radio, the manufacturers of radios, simply took out the power supplies that operated on n6 volts DC (the car's system), and installed a power transformer for house power. These pop up every so often, and you have found one of them. The set is a Philco aftermarket set, for universal mount in cars. It appears to have the generic cable controlled control head. Kind of spartan. There are service notes around for those radios.

The changer is a typical prewar 78 RPM V-M changer. All of these components were on hand, and there were cabinets with blank panels, as this one is, so some company; possibly Philco in this case simply pieced a phonograph combination together and in those days, somebody probably paid a good price to get it. During the war, ANY kind of working radio brought a big price, especially small table sets.

You should have been there. You missed all the fun.





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