[MrFixr55]

When I was a kid, they did not recycle cars. they buried them in the dumps. TI had grabbed several cer radios out of these. one of the best performers was the Motorola used in the 40s Dodge and a Philco Studebaker from the early 50s. I used to just power them from the 6V windings of a TV power transformer. They worked fine. The issue here is that the tubes in the Silvertone are directly heated and can't tolerate AC.

Philco Phanatics will know there was a series of 1942 consoles and chairsides that actually used Philco Car Radios rewired to take line voltage power transformers instead of the vibrator and step up unit. These were car radios with no car, as the 1942 car production was stopped due to the war.