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Just as my homemade eggnog got frosty, Santa Claus paid an early visit! My uncle had apparently gotten this radio at an estate sale for $10 back in August, but lost interest in it (he doesn’t restore them, but rather he collects random stuff). He was hoping I could do something with it. Looks to be an Air Castle, but I am uncertain of the model. One of the IF cans says to “mention model no. 610”, but I can’t find anything online about that. I will have to continue searching. 

   

   

It’s going to need a lot of work done to the cabinet, much like my last couple of restorations.

   

   

However, the good news is that the visible portions of the speaker cone look to be undamaged. The chassis also looked okay. Dirty, but everything looks complete.

   

I was unfamiliar with Air Castle until now, but I did a bit of research. I understand it was the line of radios offered by the Spiegel’s mail-order store (I’m also unfamiliar with Spiegel’s, but my mom and granddad had heard of it). I guess it’s similar to Sear’s carrying the Silvertone line. I am very familiar with Sears! It was before my time, but my great grandfather ran a Sears catalog store in Piggott, Arkansas. Even while I was growing up, my granddad bought everything Sears and K-Mart.