Silvertone clock radio

[Young fogey]

I'm fairly sure it's from shortly after the war; still looks very art-deco '40s. My guess is very early '50s. Reasons I got it besides being beautiful: the clock and alarm work fine. The radio just buzzes and the the dial doesn't turn all the way to the left.

 

[rmglad55]

Beautiful! I have a few myself and when my son comes to visit, I will post some pics.

 

[tonyb]

I'm guessing it's worth the cost of repairs to make it good as new. It is indeed a fine lookin' thing.

I asked a local old-radio-rebuilder guy if one of my old units, an early-'40s (I think) Sparton tabletop model, was worth rebuilding (it works, but only sorta; in other words, not perfectly). He said only I could answer that question. Something north of a hundred bucks if he did the work, he said, and maybe as much as twice that. Could I sell it for that kinda scratch? Not in a minute or less. But still ...

 

[LizzieMaine]

The good news is that a radio like that has a very simple circuit compared to the big '30s models -- and anyone who can learn to use a soldering iron can learn to fix one. Unless it's been struck by lightning and had its antenna coil burned out or caught fire at some point in its past, all it will likely need to come back to life is to have the capacitors replaced.

 

[Talbot]

Love it!

 

[Stanley Doble]

Lizzie is right, they are not a complicated radio and parts are available at reasonable cost. If you can find a radio hobbyist they may fix it for a more reasonable cost.