Here is 1055 Crosley i got started on . At one time the original power
transformer went up like a big huge smoke bomb coating everything with
tar spit and soot . It went so long tar liquid ran down through the
radios wood bottom wood joints and most likely onto what it was sitting
on .

After that it is quite noticable this radio got a new transformer and
had many repairs after that . It must have been used every day 24-7 .
The three 6F6 and 5W4 sockets all look like they have 3 million miles on
them , very over dryheated looking . The rest of the sockets look normal
As the radio lived on it got very shody repairs wit wrong parts and
remained all coated wit soot .
Whoever had it must have had no sence of smell .
Apon my first power up the thing worked real well under a medium hum

Ken, is yours the tombstone or the console set? I have this in the
tombstone, its the best table radio ever sold by Crosley as far as I can
tell, and pretty rare. Has very odd 'ball' shaped knobs, and a split ball
for the tuning. I found mine at Elgin years ago, and it was a real mess.
Now its an award winner, and a favorite of mine.

Mark Oppat


"Ken G." wrote in message
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Here is 1055 Crosley i got started on . At one time the original power
transformer went up like a big huge smoke bomb coating everything with
tar spit and soot . It went so long tar liquid ran down through the
radios wood bottom wood joints and most likely onto what it was sitting
on .

After that it is quite noticable this radio got a new transformer and
had many repairs after that . It must have been used every day 24-7 .
The three 6F6 and 5W4 sockets all look like they have 3 million miles on
them , very over dryheated looking . The rest of the sockets look normal
As the radio lived on it got very shody repairs wit wrong parts and
remained all coated wit soot .
Whoever had it must have had no sence of smell .
Apon my first power up the thing worked real well under a medium hum




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