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model 17 L 1933
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Hi I am new here...I have had this radio in my famly for many years,everything seems to work fine...wood cabinet could use some work...someone has put urathane on it and didn`t do a very good job...I am a cabinet maker buy trade,and I an thinking about refinishing it...Does any one have ideas what I should use to strip this or should I sand this...I am planing to use this for a tv show and could use some ideas...thay say there were only 2,200 made and the price back then 1933 sold for around 100 dolars... is this correct...any information would be helpfull......Thanks[attachment=3][attachment=3][attachment=3]


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model 17 L 1933 - by Guest - 06-15-2010, 07:49 AM
Re: model 17 L 1933 - by Chuck Schwark - 06-15-2010, 10:14 AM
Re: model 17 L 1933 - by Ron Ramirez - 06-17-2010, 07:49 AM



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