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Starting on 66.
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Warren

I use regular hot glue....I tried to find the colored glue, tried Michaels, they got none.
If I ever get it, I will use the caramel colored one, then there will be no telling them apart.



Kirk,

I actually cleaned the holy crap out of the chassis, but I do not wirebrush it, I only use cleaners, like Windex, to lift dirt and alcohol.
Then I sanded one rust spot I had.
What you see is patina, it is not removable by cleaners, only by etching stuff like Naval Jelly, but then it will be shiny, I do not necessarily want it. Patina is an evidence of age and aged it is, 80 years old.

As for "crappy" - the crappy paper is inside, you do not see it, and on top is the original Icon_lol

What is kinda interesting to me is the dial.
It is intact and clean, but it is WAAAAY too dark, color of burnt sugar, and so even though I can see the light pointer and numbers, numbers are not prominent on this dark a dial.

Is the dial the same across 66 radios or is it ageing, or...?


Messages In This Thread
Starting on 66. - by morzh - 07-23-2014, 10:17 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Arran - 07-24-2014, 02:58 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 07-24-2014, 09:59 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 07-24-2014, 04:01 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Arran - 07-24-2014, 06:46 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 07-24-2014, 09:02 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-04-2014, 08:32 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-04-2014, 10:42 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-05-2014, 09:30 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by ccomer1955 - 08-07-2014, 04:42 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-07-2014, 04:46 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by ccomer1955 - 08-09-2014, 09:56 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-09-2014, 11:24 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by ccomer1955 - 08-09-2014, 01:58 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-09-2014, 04:37 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-12-2014, 09:35 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Ron Ramirez - 08-12-2014, 10:41 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-12-2014, 11:04 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-12-2014, 11:39 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-13-2014, 12:37 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-13-2014, 01:15 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-13-2014, 01:30 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-13-2014, 01:51 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by sam - 08-13-2014, 02:08 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-13-2014, 02:28 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Chuck Schwark - 08-13-2014, 04:28 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by mikethedruid - 08-13-2014, 06:02 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-13-2014, 06:07 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-13-2014, 07:38 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-13-2014, 08:08 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Mondial - 08-13-2014, 08:18 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-13-2014, 09:03 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-13-2014, 10:27 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-14-2014, 01:09 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-14-2014, 01:29 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-14-2014, 01:44 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-14-2014, 02:14 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-14-2014, 02:33 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-14-2014, 02:42 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-14-2014, 03:04 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Warren - 08-14-2014, 04:52 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-14-2014, 08:46 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eliot Ness - 08-15-2014, 07:48 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-15-2014, 10:02 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-28-2014, 09:53 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-28-2014, 10:07 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-28-2014, 10:31 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Arran - 08-29-2014, 01:04 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Eric Adams - 08-29-2014, 10:18 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-29-2014, 11:25 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by OldRestorer - 08-29-2014, 11:38 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-29-2014, 04:51 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-29-2014, 05:30 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-29-2014, 05:42 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-29-2014, 06:14 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-29-2014, 10:10 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-30-2014, 08:23 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-30-2014, 09:41 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-30-2014, 09:43 PM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Warren - 08-31-2014, 12:07 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by OldRestorer - 08-31-2014, 08:47 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-31-2014, 10:30 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by Radioroslyn - 08-31-2014, 10:48 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-31-2014, 11:14 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by OldRestorer - 08-31-2014, 11:16 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-31-2014, 11:25 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by OldRestorer - 08-31-2014, 11:37 AM
RE: Starting on 66. - by morzh - 08-31-2014, 12:11 PM



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