09-06-2013, 01:32 PM
I'll swing by the hardware store this weekend and grab an assortment of grommets and rubber washers. The leather is working fine, I'm just afraid it won't last long.
It's a real nice radio. Everything seems solid and designed to last. I had to search high and low to find a schematic. Delco went by United Motors, and that's where schematics are in the Riders. It was seriously out of alignment at first. It barely got one station in two places on the dial and that was it. Once it was aligned, it sure started to sing.
That's the original finish, with one coat of clear Mohawk applied. I also repainted the dark brown trim. Just flipped the grill cloth around. I wish I'd photographed it before I began to work on it. I thought for sure it would need to be stripped. There was white paint on the top, and 70 years of black grunge covering everything else. I think it may have been a shop radio in a garage. It always amazes me how well some of these clean up.
Thanks to everyone for the rubber grommet/washer ideas.
It's a real nice radio. Everything seems solid and designed to last. I had to search high and low to find a schematic. Delco went by United Motors, and that's where schematics are in the Riders. It was seriously out of alignment at first. It barely got one station in two places on the dial and that was it. Once it was aligned, it sure started to sing.
That's the original finish, with one coat of clear Mohawk applied. I also repainted the dark brown trim. Just flipped the grill cloth around. I wish I'd photographed it before I began to work on it. I thought for sure it would need to be stripped. There was white paint on the top, and 70 years of black grunge covering everything else. I think it may have been a shop radio in a garage. It always amazes me how well some of these clean up.
Thanks to everyone for the rubber grommet/washer ideas.
The artist formerly known as Puhpow! 8)
