Posted 2 months ago
spacemissing
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I bought this about 20 years ago. Ugly thing, isn't it?
It received but sounded distorted. Hasn't been plugged in since.
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Posted 2 months ago
spacemissing
(27 items)
I bought this about 20 years ago. Ugly thing, isn't it?
It received but sounded distorted. Hasn't been plugged in since.
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spacemissing, Cool. :-)
History ain't always pretty. };-)
Here's a twin:
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1957 Packard Bell Clear Plastic Tube Radio - Dealer Display.
Clear radios are very rare and were used by dealers to show the insides of the radio.
I have only seen 3 of these radios in 23 years of collecting
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https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/packard-bell-5r1-clear-plastic-tube-131400757
Here's a more ordinary one with an opaque brown case:
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(1957)
(Bakelite tube table radio)
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https://radioattic.com/item.htm?radio=0510467
Specifications from radiomuseum dot org:
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/packard_be_5r1.html