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

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

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

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

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

They sold for $550.00 when new

About the price of a new car at the time?

Phil

"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
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They sold for $550.00 when new

About the price of a new car at the time?

Phil

There were cars available for not more than about $800.
It was a lot of money.
1945 catalogue prices for the Super-Pro give prices of
$425 for the rack mounting receivers, $15 for a table
cabinet, and $20 for a 10" loudspeaker in cabinet. The
deluxe wood floor cabinet is not mentioned but this is not a
complete catalogue. There is a deluxe version of the HRO in
a table size rack with a combination power supply and coil
holder for $475. The most expensive receiver is the
Hallicrafters S-37, which covered 130 to 210 mhz, $591.75
plus $15 for a speaker in cabinet. For comparison the SX-28A
Super Skyrider in a table cabinet was $223 plus $15 for a
speaker in a cabinet.
There is a relative purchasing power calculator
at:http://www.measuringworth.com/calcul...erus/index.php
According to this $550 in 1945 is equivalent to about
$6200 in 2006 money. For 1939 the value is nearly $8000.
Remember that many working people made less than $5000 a
year during this time. For car prices see:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/40scars.html
The average was around $1000 but cars were available for
well under this.
Probably discounts applied to both car and radio prices
but, nonetheless, the top of the line receivers were _very_
expensive items.
Some clue to wages can be found at the same site at:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1940s.html
Average wage for 1940 is given as around $1725.00


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"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.


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