1948 Jukebox!

[Der Bingle]

Got one myself

Mello Greetings all

I had the good fortune of finding and buying a 1948 AMI as well. Unfortunately, it's not in as good a shape as yours. I look forward to getting it back to it's glory and jumpin' with tunes.
Luckily there's a place that still sells refurbished parts for her.
I also have a large collection of records already, but it came with over 300 78s!

 

[Sweet Leilani]

Great find D.B.! Best of luck getting it up and running. You will LOVE it!

 

[Dinerman]

funny- out of all those, I like the bubbler the least.
the 716 and the 1100 do it for me.

 

[Earp]

... Just for fun, the 1936 Wurlitzer

=WR=

I want a 1936 Wurlitzer! That is sweet looking!

(Like I need another thing to collect ... actually ... yeah, I do. )

 

[ScionPI2005]

Sigh...all you fellows with your jukeboxes...if I weren't a poor college student...(I can use that excuse for so many things you know..)

I'd love to one day have a vintage jukebox in my home. Guess it could happen. There's just nothing that replaces those bubble lights and the gorgeous speakers.

 

[Sefton]

You just have to prioritize. I have a 1948 Jukebox. I don't have a car! I have a 1948 jukebox. I don't have a savings account...

 

[Sweet Leilani]

Sigh...all you fellows with your jukeboxes...if I weren't a poor college student...(I can use that excuse for so many things you know..)

Hey, this fella's a gal! And I bought mine just before I went off to grad school. I only paid $200 for it, then spent several times that putting it in storage for a couple years...

 

[GHT]

You just have to prioritize. I have a 1948 Jukebox. I don't have a car! I have a 1948 jukebox. I don't have a savings account...

I have a 1952 Jukebox and a 1952 motor car. Twenty five years ago I was working away from home, about 80 miles north of London, it was a contract that would last about two years, I didn't see the point of moving house. The business that I was working in was logistics and I clearly remember one of our drivers waxing lyrical about a place that restored, repaired and sold jukeboxes. A quick look down that drivers delivery manifest and I came across the jukebox company. As soon as I was able to, I called the business and arranged a visit.
The proprietor worked from home, but his workshop was massive, it was like an oversized garage that could probably house a dozen large cars. We walked down his garden to the workshop, he opened the door and with just a single switch, about eighty jukeboxes lit up. I had died and gone to heaven. That evening I phoned my wife back in London and told her about the place. Instead of going home on the Friday evening she drove up to me. We went together to see the jukeboxes on the Saturday morning. Her reaction was the same as mine when the guy flicked the single switch. We spent a pleasurable hour perusing some really fantastic and rare jukeboxes. Then after heading home to London, we spent the rest of the weekend arguing, with me saying it was far too expensive and she was saying we have the money, you work very hard, treat yourself. She won, we bought a Wurlitzer 1015, better known as One More Time. And 25 years later, it still has the ability to wow.

 

[scotrace]

What's the '52 car?

 

[GHT]

What's the '52 car?

Do pay attention double O seven, look at the avatar. But I grant you, it's easily mistaken for a pre-war car and the reason is because it was designed in 1937, the prototypes were built and tested in 1938 and the car was intended to be launched at the 1939 motor show. But the hostilities of WW2 caused MG to mothball all their car production as they went over to producing for the war effort.
When car production restarted they had no future models on the drawing board because the war also meant that research & development was also mothballed. So while they went about designing new cars for the future, they produced the only two models that they had drawings for at the time, that being the MG TC sports car and the Y-Type, seen here. The Y-Type was succeeded at the end of 1952 by the MG Magnette. Seen side by side the two models look light years apart.
There is one spin off that owners of the Y-Type enjoy. MG's war production taught them many a new concept. The Y-Type's mechanics brakes and drive train went on, with improvements, right up until the end of the 70's. It's great to have a pre-war looking car but with the drive and stopping ability of a much later model.