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This selection of vintage radio sets are for people who want to have a go at a DIY restoration. We check them all for obvious faults, and completeness. A full description is given for each set, together with a difficulty rating, so you should have a good idea what is required before you purchase an item. Where we have the service data, it is included with the radio free of charge. If you would like more details about a set, then please feel free to telephone or email us.
If there is a radio here that you would like, but you feel that you would not be able to do some or all of the work required, a price is quoted for us to do a full guaranteed overhaul. If there is a specific part of the restoration that you would like us to do, such as the electronics side of things, this is fine also, just email or telephone us to discuss your requirements. We are very flexible and will work to your requirements.
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You should not expect the restoration projects to work correctly as purchased, repairs may be required before it is safe to connect them to the mains supply.
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Surely there is room for just one more radio?
New Project items here soon…
Stock last updated on 1/7/08
New items added on 22/6/08
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C1947 Strad 10 B (valve) Another new to me model. Every time I write an update for this website it would seem we manage to find another radio that has not featured here before. Making its debut here is this nice chunk of Bakelite from Gateshead, the home of the Strad radio factory. Completely original and in very good order throughout. For a Bakelite radio it is very heavily engineered piece of metalwork, fitted with a selection of dusty Loctal valves. The Bakelite has that leafy pattern to it, and retains its original glossy shine. No damage. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / SW Dimensions 14" wide, 10" high, 8" deep Restoration Difficulty 1 easy Antenna - simple wire needed. Price £32 (£110 overhauled) Delivery Weight 14 Kg
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1946 HMV 5200 (valve) This is an odd one. Export? Could be but certainly the dial is printed with UK / European station names. It also has LW which many export models would lack. Its quite a radio too with 5 short wave band spreads and LW/MW to boot. Strange for this sort of thing to have an AC/DC chassis but that is exactly what this is. It does work after a fashion and is already quite lively on the SW bands. Before you ask, yes the magic eye works and is clearly visible in daylight! The cabinet needs some work - especially on the top where a chunk of veneer has lifted off the back edge. The front and sides are good and sound though and need little more than a polish. Chassis wise everything is present and correct, including the dropper arrangement. It's one of those large HMV / Marconi jobs built into an asbestos lined shield. Best left well alone! Comes complete with the 2 pin mains connector. Good project - and you will have something that not many other folk will have… Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / 5 SW band spread Dimensions 19" wide, 14" high, 10" deep Restoration Difficulty 2 intermediate Antenna - simple wire needed. Price £55 (£175 overhauled) Delivery Weight 15 Kg
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1946 Ekco A23 (valve) First the problem - someone took a bite out of the bottom! The rest is ok - it could do with a new cloth but the raw materials are present. At least the bite is on the bottom out of the way. Which makes it cheap, very cheap. This model is one of our top selling "posh" radios on the other bit of the website and at present they go out for about £240 a piece. Well here is one for you to restore for a fraction of that. The chassis looks in excellent condition, they are not the easiest radio to work on due to the layout of the capacitors underneath. The switches all feel good - I did test this radio on the variac and found it working pretty well already. For some reason I usually have to re-align A23's to get the best out of SW - and also make sure the ECH35 is up to par. Have fun! Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / SW with presets Antenna - simple wire needed. Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate Price £30 Delivery Weight Special (£20 throughout the UK) Collection recommended due to the weight distribution of the chassis.
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1974 Roberts R606MB (transistor) Dark tan version of one of the best Roberts radios of the 70's The 606MB is a classic and can be operated from mains or batteries. This one needs a tidy, the grill needs some touching up and the teak end panels could do with oiling (please no Castrol GTX!) It's in good working order and sounds great. A mains lead is available for £2 if required (standard figure of 8 type). Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / VHF FM Antenna - internal with sockets Restoration Difficulty 1 easy Batteries 6 1.5V C cells. Price £19 (£60 restored) Delivery Weight 3 Kg
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1953 Ultra R746 Twin (valve) Mains battery portable from Ultra which is the brother of the Coronation Twin model. No damage to report other than a loose back panel (the hinges need attention). It looks like most of the capacitors have been replaced and I dared to power this one up. Life, in a shrieking sort of way. It picks up plenty of stations using the internal frame antenna. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / Antenna - internal with sockets Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate Batteries 90V ht 1.5V lt - use built in power supply. Price £30 (£90 overhauled) Delivery Weight 8 Kg
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C1960 Cossor CR4212A (valve) Built in Holland by Philips, this Cossor radio is excellent quality. First of all they constructed it on a chassis and not a pcb as was the norm in the early 60's. It has twin dual cone speakers, with a muti-position tone filter / boost control. That is the row of switches up at the top of the front panel. The wooden case has been well looked after and needs nothing more than a polish to rub a few finger prints off. Electrically well forget messing about with wax paper capacitors - they were old hat in Holland by this time and the types fitted seldom go wrong. This one works quite well too, the only snag to report is that the VHF tuning drive line has jumped off the VHF drum (it has separate tuning capacitors for VHF and AM). The string and wire are fine, it just needs wrapping back around the drum. One other thing to report is a small split in one of the speaker cloths - this has been previously repaired with a small patch fitted inside. So here is an excellent opportunity to own an all band Philips radio which needs only a little bit of work to make A1. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / SW and VHF to 104 MHz Antenna - internal with sockets Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate Price £40 (£130 overhauled) Delivery Weight 14 Kg Sold.
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C1960 Kaiser Radio W1135 The date is a guess, this German made Bakelite radio has no date markings on it. It is quite a compact thing with a curvy front panel which looks a bit like a shrunk Grundig! Despite being small it has a AC power supply with a good sized transformer - some of the space being gained by the use of a flat metal rectifier. VHF coverage too and separate treble / bass controls. It does work after a fashion with hum on the audio and no doubt could do with some capacitor replacements and a general service. The odd thing about this chassis is the choice of valves - it has B9G E80 types all the way through to the output and then has a EL41 B8A doing that job. Must have had a lot to use up from a previous model perhaps. No cracks, complete and in good condition. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW /VHF FM Dimensions 14" wide, 9" high, 7.5" deep Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate Antenna - internal with sockets for AM and FM Price £35 (£125 overhauled) Delivery Weight 10 Kg
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1946 Bush AC81 (valve) Basically a pre-war design radio put back into use in 1946 by Bush, the larger AC series of radios sound very well indeed when correctly aligned. Which in this case shouldn't be a problem at all as it is completely original and has not been messed with in any way. The cabinet has a bit of fading on the front and needs a thorough clean and polish it is however good and solid with the logo transfer intact on the top. Loads of room on the chassis, I like the dual speed tuning mechanism used on this model. If it whistles, check the EF39. They always seem to be going wrong. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / SW Antenna - simple external aerial required Restoration Difficulty 1 - easy Dimensions - 20" wide, 13" high, 11" deep Price £30 (£100 overhauled) Delivery Weight 14 Kg packed
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1954 Cossor 520 Melody Maker (valve) The later wooden version of the melody maker is fitted with this B8A chassis, which is far superior to the earlier loctal models. Plenty of gain and a far less chance of having valve base pin connection problems. I suppose the only possible failing is the EL41 which is a bit prone to heater cathode shorts but this is not anything like as big a problem as the 40V heater version, the UL41. Anyway this example is good and original, the case is fine apart from the black painted front trim, which needs a re-spray to make it smart. The rest of the woodwork just needs a feed and polish. Famous last words! Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / SW Antenna - simple external aerial required Restoration Difficulty 1 - easy Dimensions - 16" wide, 11" high, 8.5" deep Price £25 (£95 overhauled) Delivery Weight 11 Kg packed
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1953 Stella ST106A (valve) We have a Philips powered Stella Bakelite radio here. Has that well proven chassis that is fitted in a multitude of radios of this time, and they always work well. This one is in exceptional original condition, the main fault to report being that the tuning cord needs re-stringing. Which is a fiddly job and you most likely will swear several times whilst doing it. But think of the satisfaction when complete! Will make a super little radio with a little bit of time and effort. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / SW Antenna - internal plate aerial with socket for wire. Restoration Difficulty 1.5 - intermediate. Dimensions - 15" wide, 10" high, 7" deep Price £35 (£110 overhauled) Delivery Weight 12 Kg packed
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1962 Pye R33 (valve) Smart little burgundy "second" receiver designed to sit upstairs and play Radio Luxembourg. Very good clean original order, the only fault I can find are a few scratches on the top cover. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW Antenna - internal ferrite rod Dimensions 11" wide, 6.5" high, 5" deep Restoration Difficulty 1 - easy Price £20 (£70 overhauled) Delivery 8 Kg (well packed)
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1951 Vidor CN424 (valve) Another one that is new to this website. After doing this for so many years you would think that I have seen just about all of the different models out there, but no, different things keep turning up. This is a well preserved battery valve radio, intended as a in the house item rather than a portable. It really is in good nick too, not messed with and scratch free. Well worth sorting out. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW Antenna - internal frame with sockets for a wire. Restoration Difficulty 1 - easy Battery 90V HT 1.5V LT Dimensions 15.5" wide, 12" high, 6.5" deep Price £30 (£call overhauled) Delivery Weight 6 Kg (well packed)
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1947 Pye 18A (valve) Here is a short superhet wooden receiver from the Pye factory that does not often turn up. Unlike the earlier 15A this one has an internal frame antenna and a permanent magnet speaker, otherwise it is much the same. The case is more late 40's style that the 15A and they changed from a grille cloth to a fine mesh on this model. Nice original example, I found a couple of dead worm holes in one corner that will easily wax in. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / SW Antenna - internal with sockets for AM etc Dimensions 18.5" wide 14" high, 8" deep Restoration Difficulty 1 - easy. Price £30 (£105 overhauled) Delivery 15 Kg packed
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1934/5 Murphy A30 (valve) Pretty ancient offering from Murphy, the A30 as ever is a heavy, well made wireless. We sent the last one over to Australia and then hey presto another one comes along. This one is good and original and actually works as is. Not that I recommend forgetting about overhauling it as it could be a lot better and I do think at the very least some capacitors and wiring will need replacing. Has a good layer of fluff inside and a nice original speaker cloth. There are a few scratches on the sides of the cabinet which I suppose are to be expected! A good though clean and polish will really clean this up. All the trim bits are present, a full set of chip free knobs, the tuning dial and surround, back panel etc all good. Have a good look at the pictures and see what you think. Excellent project. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW Dimensions 15" wide, 17" high, 10" deep Antenna - external wire needed. Restoration Difficulty 2 intermediate. Price £85 (£175 overhauled / polished) Delivery Weight 20 Kg
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1940 Murphy A92 (valve) Built with SW listening in mind during the early part of WW2 this second large helping of Murphy is certainly up to the task. With 6 band spread short wave ranges and LW plus MW all the useful frequencies are covered from listening point of view. It is completely original and has not been messed about with. The dial and cloth are fine as is the Bakelite front panel. A few things I have picked up on whilst looking it over. The volume control pot shaft is bent, and will need replacing unless you do not mind having a wonky control! There is a small piece of veneer that has chipped out of the bottom left hand side edge, it is about 3/4" in size. The wave change switches are sticky and will need a good dose of contact cleaner / lubrication to soften up the old grease - most of these old mechanisms go "hard" over a time and just need a blast of WD40 to get them free again. You will want to give the case a thorough polish and I recommend a good burnishing cream for this. The back panel and chassis are in excellent condition, just a bit dusty and un-loved. Well worth sorting out and you will have a proper war time valve wireless to show your friends when it is finished. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / 6 SW band spreads Dimensions 20" wide, 21" high, 8" deep Antenna - external wire needed. Restoration Difficulty 2 intermediate. Price £80 (£275 overhauled / polished) Delivery Weight Special (UK £20) Sorry it's sold.
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C1959 Defiant AF2 (valve) Here we have an original throughout Defiant radio which despite having a rather plain cabinet design the innards are to a high standard. Built on a proper chassis like Bush radios with an AC power supply. So given a bit of care and attention I think this will make a very acceptable set. We have the service data for it too which is often a problem with Defiant (co-op) products. The woodwork has a few minor marks and needs a good polish, nothing serious. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW /VHF FM Dimensions 18" wide, 12" high, 7" deep Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate Antenna - internal aerial with sockets. Price £28 (£100 overhauled) Delivery Weight 12 Kg
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1954 Stella ST240U (Valve) Badge engineered Philips radio with a well thought out chassis. Not too capacitors to worry about on this model. Has an AC/DC power supply which lacks an isolating transformer - but well designed and you will not have problems with heat. Make sure you only fit a two core mains lead though on any AC/DC chassis. Earthing the metalwork is a VERY bad idea. The cabinet finish needs a bit of tidying up on the sides (the front is fine!) Excellent audio. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / VHF FM Antenna - internal with sockets Restoration difficulty - 1.5 intermediate. Dimensions 16" wide 11" high, 7" deep Price £24 (£100 overhauled) Delivery weight 10 Kg
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C1960 Philips B2G81U (valve) Cheap and cheerful radio from the Philips plant. Nothing much to say here really except list the faults! The back panel has seen better days and will need replacing plus there is a bit of wear to the front panel paint around the volume knob. All the little Philips "second" receivers work remarkably well and electrically I doubt you will have many problems to sort out. Original throughout. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW Dimensions 12" wide, 6" high, 5.5" deep Restoration Difficulty 1 easy Antenna - internal aerial Price £15 (£70 overhauled) Delivery Weight 8 Kg
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1946 Bush AC2 (valve) Here is a good if rather dirty example of this well made Bush radio. The cloth is a bit mucky and probably past the point of redemption however the rest of it has been well preserved. There is a bit of polishing to be done to the case but apart from a mark on the front it is all purely superficial. Chassis wise I would say excellent with a generous layer of dust! Dial and back are perfect and the logo transfer on the top is unmarked.
Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW /SW Dimensions 17" wide, 13" high, 9" deep Antenna - external aerial required. Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate Price £30 (£120 overhauled) Delivery weight 13 Kg
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1959 Bush VHF90A (valve) Another Bush for you to have a go at. This model is not common and when they do turn up usually the dial is melted. Glad to say this one is fine and apart from the missing brass cap off the tuning knob is complete and totally original. It needs a good thorough clean up and no doubt the hunts capacitors will need looking at too. Well designed chassis (bar maybe the over the top illumination!) which is very easy to work on. No AM bits to make it over complicated. Frequency Coverage :- VHF only Dimensions 13" wide, 9" high, 7" deep Antenna - has internal dipole with a socket. Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate Price £28 (£100 overhauled) Delivery weight 10 Kg
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1949 Invicta 73 (valve) On offer here is a sort of Pye clone made at the Invicta factory. Well put together as most of their products were. This one has a couple of band spread short wave ranges plus the usual LW and MW coverage. The cabinet is compact and smart looking, it needs flatting off and a re-polish as someone has messed about with it a bit. Has a good back panel and all the trim parts are present and correct. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / 2 SW Dimensions 15" wide, 11" high, 8" deep Restoration Difficulty 1 easy Antenna - simple wire needed Price £25 (£95 overhauled) Delivery Weight 10 Kg
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1953 Philips 151u (Valve) Philips again, this one is a well made dinky little thing. You might want to spray up the cream painted trim on the front but at least everything is original and as it should be. Has a good back panel. I suppose this model was aimed as competition to the Bush DAC90A and alike. Well worth sorting out and I suspect like nearly all Philips things it will work well. Simple mechanics ! Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW Dimensions 11" wide, 8" high, 6" deep Restoration Difficulty 1 easy Antenna - internal with sockets Price £22 (£100 overhauled) Delivery Weight 9 Kg
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C1960 Orion EA53F (valve) I think that is the model number of this Hungarian import. Unfortunately the back panel is missing but the rest of it is in good order. Something a bit different! Valve line up is the standard E80 series with an ECL82 output pentode driving the speaker. Also has a tuning magic eye indicator which looks like an EM84. Quite heavy and has a solid looking mains transformer inside. Not cheapo rubbish! Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / VHF FM Dimensions 17" wide, 11" high, 6" deep Restoration Difficulty 2 intermediate Antenna - internal with sockets Price £24 (£110 overhauled) Delivery Weight 12 Kg
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C1960 Cossor CR1200U (Valve) Simple well made Cossor (it's actually a badge engineered Philips) radio which despite it's simple looks is capable of excellent audio reproduction. Lots of bass response makes this little valve set almost rattle. You will be surprised. No problems to report. Good simple project. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW Antenna - internal ferrite rod with sockets Dimensions 12" wide, 6" high, 6" deep Restoration Difficulty 1 - easy Price £20 (£70 overhauled) Delivery 8 Kg (well packed)
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1947 Pye T19D (Valve) Well preserved Pye multi-band, band spread SW and AM receiver. Covers the lot plus this being the T version it includes the low trawler band. Not much chance of picking up fishermen here in the UK anymore, you will however be able to listen to tropical broadcasters with good conditions on a night. The cabinet on this one is in good shape, its original finish has been well looked after. The distorted knob you see will be replaced, we have a few spares for this model. Pye knobs were made from (unknown at the time I fear!) biodegradable plastic which accounts for the shape of it. Seems to effect some more than others, for instance on this radio the other knobs are fine. Chassis wise it all looks ok, the mains transformer has been replaced a long time ago by a repair shop. There is a hairline crack in the white front panel surround trim. Frequency Coverage LW/MW/6 SW band spreads Antenna - simple wire needed. Dimensions 20" wide, 13" high, 10" deep Restoration Difficulty - 1 - easy. Price £38 (£125 overhauled) Delivery Weight 15 Kg packed
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1950 Ekco A144 (Valve) One of our most popular selling Ekco radios. Generally they get overhauled here in the workshop, and go back into everyday use. I thought this time though someone else might like a go - although if you do want it restoring then please let us know. This is a good original example with no damage other than a few light scratches on the top. A thorough clean and polish with some burnishing cream will soon sort this out, add a coat of wax on top and it will look great. The tuning dial glass has seen better days and we will include a good replacement with the set. This model performs well, generally only needing the usual suspects replacing and maybe a quick tweak up of the front end to get the most out of the tuner. E40 series of valves. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / SW Dimensions 19" wide, 13" high, 7" deep Antenna - frame type with sockets Restoration Difficulty 1 - easy Price £30 (£110 overhauled) Delivery Weight 14 Kg
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1956 Pye Fenman (valve) This is the smaller of the two Fenman models, housed in a sturdy wooden cabinet - it needs to be with the amount of steel sitting in the bottom! A good example, ripe for restoration that has not been messed about with. One of the knobs are missing, we might have a spare for this but they often break. Good radio - appalling knobs! Apart from a single worm hole in the front (which will fill with a little wax) the cabinet and finish are good, with only very minor blemishes. Chassis wise it is well laid out and has easy access to all the bits likely to need attention. Like its larger brother the Fenman is fitted with a good number of moldseal caps which I recommend you replace for long term reliability. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / VHF FM Dimensions 20" wide, 14" high, 8" deep Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate Antenna - internal with sockets Price £30 (£125 overhauled) Delivery Weight 14 Kg
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1951 Tesla T504U-II (valve) Built in Czechoslovakia Tesla are well known for their Talisman radios and many other Bakelite goodies. As you may already know I personally have quite a collection of them! This one has much the same innards as the Talisman series however it is better spaced out and has an extra SW band to help spread stations. The cabinet is lovely, its Bakelite is a very dark brown, almost black with the odd leafy fleck of colour in it. Polished up this will be superb, it is not too big yet has loads of curves and is interesting to look at. The dial and cloth are both clean, no issues to report with the lettering. The back panel is also there, however the bottom blanking piece is missing. This is just a plain piece of hardboard which you will be able to cut out in a matter of minutes, it sits in a groove which is part of the case foot. Electrically you have a bit to sort out, it has been messed with previously (not by me I hasten to add!) the good news is I have the full service info for this model. It's written in Czech but you will easily understand all the important bits. The circuit info is in English. Frequency Coverage :- LW / MW / 2 SW bands Dimensions 14" wide, 10" high, 6" deep Antenna :- simple wire needed Restoration Difficulty 2 moderate Price £30 (£135 overhauled) Delivery Weight 10 Kg Sorry it's gone and I found the bottom for it too!
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1962 Hacker RP10 Herald Transistor This would be the original offering from the Hacker Herald production run, one that is completely different electrically from the later models. Quite rare too and this example is in good order. The only thing that is not original is the handle strap (this should be a sort of crude leather thing, Hacker had not quite got into their built like a tank transistor portable mode yet!) Two tone light and dark grey, there is no other damage or missing bits to report. The control knobs are the originals and all the trim is fine. Electrically expect the usual AF117 problems to sort out. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW Dimensions 11" wide, 8" high, 4" deep Antenna - ferrite rod with sockets Restoration Difficulty 1 easy Batteries 2 PP9 9V types Price £18 (£75 overhauled) Delivery weight 5 Kg
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C1959 Cossor Transistor No idea yet of the model number this rather ancient looking transistor radio has survived in good order, it still works after a fashion too! Will need a good service and all the switch contacts cleaning at the very least. Based on the OC series of transistors so not too many problems there. No dents, scratches or marks. Just a bit of dirt to clean off. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW Dimensions 11" wide, 7" high, 3.5" deep Antenna - internal ferrite rod with socket Restoration Difficulty 1 easy Batteries 2 of 9V PP9 Price £15 (£45 overhauled) Delivery weight 5 Kg
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1967 Bush VTR133 (transistor) Soft padded Bush portable with good VHF coverage. Everything is well spaced out on this model which has survived remarkably well. It has been looked after well over the years. No burns etc which can be a problem on the soft finish models. Electrically its nothing much out of the ordinary, the welcome thing is unlike Roberts who insisted on using modules for their VHF IF stages this is all open circuit pcb. So replacing those transistors if needed is a far less troublesome job. No damage, good dial and antenna. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / VHF FM Dimensions 14.5" wide, 8" high, 4" deep Antenna - internal ferrite rod with whip for VHF External socket fitted. Restoration Difficulty 1.5 intermediate. Batteries single 9V PP9 Price £18 (£65 overhauled) Delivery weight 6 Kg
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1958 HMV 1376 (valve) This is quite a slim line offering from HMV. In a nice looking wooden cabinet that just needs a coat of scratch cover polish on top to mask the odd wear mark. Nothing major required! The receiver is built on a PCB which does not look to be too "cooked". There are no apparent carbon track problems - it's all nice and clean under the fluff. 100% original. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW / VHF Antenna - internal with sockets Restoration difficulty - 1.5 intermediate Dimensions 19" wide 12" high, 6" deep Price £25 (£95 overhauled) Delivery weight 13 Kg (well) packed.
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C1963 Pye transistor 1355 thanks to Matthew Baker for the ID! Not sure of the model number yet as nothing marked on the chassis or cabinet. However I will get to that soon. Whatever it is it's in superb clean condition and I think has the makings of a nice quality tranny. Has no doubt the usual transistor problems to cure. Frequency Coverage :- MW / LW Antenna - internal with sockets Battery 1 of 9V PP9 type Dimensions 12" wide 8" high, 3" deep Price £10 (£50 overhauled) Delivery 5 Kg packed.
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C1972 Roberts RIC2 (transistor + IC) Roberts did nothing much more than a PCB re-design and a cosmetic tune up to 70's style with the RIC2, the follow up to the first British radio to use an IC RF/AM amp. This one is finished in black and is in good condition throughout. No nicks in the soft leather cloth and it has a good badge. Antenna - Internal ferrite rod Restoration Difficulty 1 - easy. Batteries - 1 of PP9 9V Frequency coverage - LW / MW Dimensions 10" wide, 6" high, 3" deep Price £12 Delivery Weight 4 Kg packed
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