06-16-2026, 08:31 PM
Rich;
if you mean some of the immediate post war sets, well yes, I had an American Crosley with rock hard rubber/gutta percha wire, and had to rewire most of the set, including the IF cans. I think that they were using whatever materials they could get just to get the sets out the door. I noticed this with many sets of the early 40s as well, Canada was at war starting in late 1939, but radio and car production continued until early 1942. You would see things substituted, like wood escutcheons replacing bronze ones, and asbestos used under chassis rather then a sheet metal bottom cover, also field coil speakers replacing P.M speakers (nickel was a strategic metal).
Regards
Arran
if you mean some of the immediate post war sets, well yes, I had an American Crosley with rock hard rubber/gutta percha wire, and had to rewire most of the set, including the IF cans. I think that they were using whatever materials they could get just to get the sets out the door. I noticed this with many sets of the early 40s as well, Canada was at war starting in late 1939, but radio and car production continued until early 1942. You would see things substituted, like wood escutcheons replacing bronze ones, and asbestos used under chassis rather then a sheet metal bottom cover, also field coil speakers replacing P.M speakers (nickel was a strategic metal).
Regards
Arran
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