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Mid West 7 /36
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I had a shot at a Midwest locally, maybe '96 or so. Stored in a local New Bedford antique warehouse. It was in poor condition, rust on the bezel/chassis, speaker "misplaced", cabinet in major distress some de-laminating 90% of the finish gone. I'm thinking it went through the '38 hurricane. The dealer wanted a premium, talking 2-300$. I have had my fill of such junk, I smiled and focused on a Zenith 6S (something) and got that for c-note. With a spare and an extra chassis for that model it is a future project.

He did have a "modern" creatively reworked RCA 44, It looked like some sort of HF or shortwave modification with miniature tubes. Not a recent hack but more like mid 50's. I made a $$ inquiry, but again, too much for too little... My interest was to simply learn as to what the mods were/worked...

Paul, so very right, Midwests in New England are very rare indeed.

Chas

Pliny the younger
“nihil novum nihil varium nihil quod non semel spectasse sufficiat”


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Mid West 7 /36 - by Antipodal - 12-27-2022, 03:22 AM
RE: Mid West 7 /36 - by GarySP - 12-27-2022, 10:55 AM
RE: Mid West 7 /36 - by Paul Philco322 - 12-27-2022, 11:23 AM
RE: Mid West 7 /36 - by Chas - 12-27-2022, 12:48 PM
RE: Mid West 7 /36 - by Radioroslyn - 12-27-2022, 12:51 PM



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