camtechman
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Hi All,
I'm in Great Britain, UK and this is my first visit & first post.
I came across this site whilst Googling for a specific Crosley Reproduction Radio and your site seems to be the only one I found that has posts and discussions on the maker.
Anyhow, I recently acquired a modern 240V/AC (GB/UK) powered reproduction of a Crosley Radio, a 1950's type: 10-130 series but unfortunately, as this is my first post, I'm not allowed to upload any pictures yet.
The case (modern plastic), dial & knobs are pretty faithfull to an original 1950's Crosley. However, inside is a basic AM/FM transistor radio, run from a 240V/AC mains TX and simple power supply, although the original 10-130 series were only AM & 115V/AC/DC & with a Bakelite case.
It has the look of a Steepletone type make and doesn't seem to be a geniune Crosley reproduction.
Just as an aside, the case is milky coffee colour but seems to have been partially resprayed, as the bottom still reveals it's original light blue colour (which the inserts in the knobs and dial lettering are).
At first I thought the coffee colour was in fact nicotine staining but it's not, as the finish/gloss is excellent and it's almost certainly been professionally resprayed or is a manufacturers test sample.
I wonder if anyone has ever come across a modern reproduction of this model and would like to ponder a guess at the reason for the 'respray'?
I'm in Great Britain, UK and this is my first visit & first post.
I came across this site whilst Googling for a specific Crosley Reproduction Radio and your site seems to be the only one I found that has posts and discussions on the maker.
Anyhow, I recently acquired a modern 240V/AC (GB/UK) powered reproduction of a Crosley Radio, a 1950's type: 10-130 series but unfortunately, as this is my first post, I'm not allowed to upload any pictures yet.
The case (modern plastic), dial & knobs are pretty faithfull to an original 1950's Crosley. However, inside is a basic AM/FM transistor radio, run from a 240V/AC mains TX and simple power supply, although the original 10-130 series were only AM & 115V/AC/DC & with a Bakelite case.
It has the look of a Steepletone type make and doesn't seem to be a geniune Crosley reproduction.
Just as an aside, the case is milky coffee colour but seems to have been partially resprayed, as the bottom still reveals it's original light blue colour (which the inserts in the knobs and dial lettering are).
At first I thought the coffee colour was in fact nicotine staining but it's not, as the finish/gloss is excellent and it's almost certainly been professionally resprayed or is a manufacturers test sample.
I wonder if anyone has ever come across a modern reproduction of this model and would like to ponder a guess at the reason for the 'respray'?
