Condition:
The wood is in good condition but has been refinished-
with fresh "dings".
Some trim parts are cracked/missing.
The radio currently does not work.
Some of the electronics have been rebuilt and working, while the rest of the electronics remain a project.

The history:
Of this radio is not known, other than
it was rescued from a junk dealer who had it in a
chicken coop near Nicholson, GA.
This radio uses a new, revolutionary electronic radio design called a "Superhetrodyne".
It is still in use today in our TV's and radios.
Vastly superior to the previous technology
the Tuned Radio Frequency as used in our
Stewart Warner radio.
The technology offers clearer sound, easier tuning, greater sensitivity and better selectivity.

This nice looking radio was acquired in 2003.
TONS of work was required.

Radio Chassis
Front

This is a nine tube radio...and it produces a
nice glow in back!

It is extremely heavy, around 90 pounds.

Repair notes:
The radio consists of three separate systems:

• The cabinet
• The power supply/main audio Amp unit (Bottom unit)
• The radio receiver chassis (Top unit)

Logical order of repair is:
1- The cabinet, 2- The power supply and 3- The receiver chassis.

Since the cabinet is first in line, all components were removed and the wood was cleaned with oil soap, fine steel wool and lots of rags.
A coat or two of mahogany staining wax was applied, and weeks later several coats of spray-on clear lacquer paint.
After +77 years it once again looks beautiful.
Oh yea...we also found a 8-Track head cleaner, new in the wrapper stuffed inside.

The power supply/audio amplifier was refurbished next.
We removed all 3 tubes and the massive heavy speaker.

We wanted the power supply to end up being bright shiny metal, but would mean removing the capacitors and transformers from the top for polishing.
I decided against this, as the tabs which anchor them in might be broken, and radically disturbing the wires which connect these components probably wouldn't be a great idea. So we settled on cleaning off all the dirt, gunk and rust and painted it with a couple coats of primer, then several coats of good quality paint.

The speaker cone was missing 1/4 of it's cone as seen in this original picture, and was repaired using a combination of glue, masking tape, paper and paint. Probably not the best speaker repair in the world but I doubt it will do much "Thumping" anyway.

Since the main filter capacitor showed signs of leakage we replaced it with new ones mounted between two new terminal strips.
Connections were mapped out and rechecked. We slowly powered it up and waa-lah, works fine.

Next we tackled the radio chassis.

This time we removed all components from the top: tubes, shields, tuning capacitor assembly etc and cleaned the chassis to a bright shine. Several coats of furniture wax will keep it from corrosion for a very, very long time. The tube shielding couldn't be cleaned as easily so we settled for black hi-temperature paint.

The massive tuning capacitor was disassembled similar to our Stewart-Warner pictured here, cleaned and reassembled.

Today the radio and chassis is completely cleaned up and have been powered up without any unpleasant surprises. The radio does not work, and we are in the process of troubleshooting and repair.