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When it rains, it pours...maybe I need help.
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08-15-2015, 03:55 PM
I found another $5.00 radio at shop goodwill.com, and a Craigslist cache. I went to look at the Motorola 54A, and ended up with an old Philco console, and an old intercom...$40 for all three. They wanted to meet me in the parking lot of a Goodwill. They said they were closing their fathers estate, and if I didn't take them, they were going to donate them to Goodwill. Nice ladies from Iowa, they had to drive back tomorrow. I feel bad, but look at the radios!
I wonder if I can find a piece of trim to match the missing bar on the Silvertone? There is a better cabinet for it on EBay for $4.95 right now. I need to look up the Philco to see what model it is. It is a small chassis with five tubes and a small speaker, but I really like the lyre grill and chevron grille cloth. The Motorola is an AA%, I believe. If so, it will be the first one I've done. What do you think?

               
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