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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
"Lynn Bisha" wrote in message ... I am a member of the Antique Wireless Association, and we have a Super Pro in the floor model cabinet in our museum in Bloomfield NY. Apparently there were not a lot of these sold. It is a beautiful radio. Lynn W2BSN I suspect they were special order. The Super-Pro itself was the most expensive general coverage radio on the market during its lifetime. Add to that the cost of a custom cabinet and good quality loudspeaker and you have something not many could afford. I would guess the combination at around $600 to $800 U.S. While one can't get exact translation of money values from the past somewhere between 10x to 20x is probably about right. Remember that in the 1930's and early 1940's a new car could be bought for around $500. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
On Feb 28, 8:35 pm, "Richard Knoppow" wrote:
"Lynn Bisha" wrote in message ... I am a member of the Antique Wireless Association, and we have a Super Pro in the floor model cabinet in our museum in Bloomfield NY. Apparently there were not a lot of these sold. It is a beautiful radio. Lynn W2BSN I suspect they were special order. The Super-Pro itself was the most expensive general coverage radio on the market during its lifetime. Add to that the cost of a custom cabinet and good quality loudspeaker and you have something not many could afford. I would guess the combination at around $600 to $800 U.S. While one can't get exact translation of money values from the past somewhere between 10x to 20x is probably about right. Remember that in the 1930's and early 1940's a new car could be bought for around $500. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com Two pictures can be seen he http://www.hammarlund.info/pic.html Scroll about halfwayd down, just above the JX-17 pic. Harold |
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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
Two pictures can be seen he http://www.hammarlund.info/pic.html
Interesting. It's hard to tell from those little photos -- is the front panel made of wood, or metal painted with a wood grain? I assumed the front panel was plain metal, from looking at the photo in the magazine article. But that, too, is not very clear. Phil Nelson |
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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
On Mar 2, 1:30 pm, "Phil Nelson" wrote:
Two pictures can be seen he http://www.hammarlund.info/pic.html Interesting. It's hard to tell from those little photos -- is the front panel made of wood, or metal painted with a wood grain? I assumed the front panel was plain metal, from looking at the photo in the magazine article. But that, too, is not very clear. Phil Nelson That particular picture was of the faux wood grained metal front panel. There were some with the regular black silk screened panel. According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained front panel. Harold |
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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained
front panel. Any idea how many of these were produced in total? Phil Nelson |
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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
On Mar 2, 4:30 pm, "Phil Nelson" wrote:
According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained front panel. Any idea how many of these were produced in total? Phil Nelson No clear cut guesstimate, but 100-200 would probably be about right. I have a price sheet somewhere, let me find it and reply tomorrow. Harold |
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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
On Mar 2, 4:30 pm, "Phil Nelson" wrote:
According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained front panel. Any idea how many of these were produced in total? Phil Nelson They sold for $550.00 when new, the fancy wood grained front panel version was designated SP-150S (special) Harold |
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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
They sold for $550.00 when new
About the price of a new car at the time? Phil |
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Hammarlund Super-Pro in a factory console cabinet
"Harold" wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 2, 4:30 pm, "Phil Nelson" wrote: According to records, only 80-90 were produced with the wood grained front panel. Any idea how many of these were produced in total? Phil Nelson They sold for $550.00 when new, the fancy wood grained front panel version was designated SP-150S (special) Harold From the photo these were specials without the crystal filter or BFO, strictly for high fidelity broadcast reception. A similar model was available in rack mount for broadcast station monitoring. I am not sure about the SP-200 and later series but the first Super-Pros (SP-100) could be bought without the crystal filter at a lower price. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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