[NostalgiaRadioTime]

SUCCESS! Finally, after 25 years of silence, my great-grandparents' 1940 Coronado console radio plays beautifully. Receives all of the local stations up & down the AM dial. I am one happy camper tonight! Attached are a couple of photos of the finished product.

I can remember visiting them in the early 70's as a tot with my folks, and walking up to this very radio when I wasn't even tall enough to reach up to touch the buttons (I'm 41 now). I can still picture it sitting in the corner of their living room, where I'm sure it sat since they bought it new in 1940. And the crazy thing is, it never played back in the early 70's either! I remember asking great-grandpa to turn it on and he said it "hasn't worked in years"! I hope they're listening from above tonight to the sweet music coming out of their speaker.

And, with the RCA jack that was built into the chassis for an optional phonograph back then, I can plug in my iPod, hit the 'phono' button, and play any music I want through it! Can also plug in a cassette tape player, CD player, or anything that has a headphone jack! I had my smartphone playing through it on the Live365 app, where I found a channel that plays nothing but Fibber McGee & Molly radio shows 24/7!

Thanks again to Art Hoch for his kindness in scanning and e-mailing the schematic for this radio from the Rider's Manual. The help provided by this schematic was an invaluable resource to getting it to play again.