"Dan" wrote in message
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"Brian Hill" wrote:

Dan you brute. by the way how's that Scott Imperial Allwave. Those are
nice
looking sets. I got a real nice 1937 Zenith shutter dial console that
sound
great.

It's doing great, considering it's almost 70 years old. I had it
electrically restored (capped and such) and the cabinet re-finished
about 10 years ago. At the time, it was not working. I was offered
$800 for it as it was by the guy who restored it. I politely declined.

The real kicker is I paid - wait for it - $5 for it at a neighborhood
garage sale in 1970 or thereabouts. I pulled it home in a red wagon,
and it worked at the time! I had no idea how rare they are, I just
thought it was cool. I saw one go for over $5000 on eBay last year.

It works really well, with great sound. The chrome is pretty good but
not perfect. No rust anywhere. I have a complete set of spare tubes
also, bought 2 or 3 at a time over the years.

Dan

$5!! Wow! what a find. Yea don't let her go. Chances are,You'll never
replace it,


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73 Brian
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There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant
never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare
to die.

Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/

In article ,
"Brian Hill" wrote:

$5!! Wow! what a find. Yea don't let her go. Chances are,You'll never
replace it,

I couldn't *afford* to replace it. I'll certainly never find another
one for $5!

At the time I bought it, it was your typical family selling off old
stuff from grandparents, I assume. Neither of us had any idea what it
was. Hell, I was a teenager at the time. I just thought that a
working radio that was as big as a TV set was cool. I was already
interested in radios, and had a few cheap Sears transistor sets. I took
some wire, connected it to the antenna connection on radio and tied the
other end to a rock. Then I tossed the rock on the roof of our house.
I couldn't believe the reception!

It wasn't until much later that I found out what it was, and realized
it's value. By that time (early 90s), it had stopped working and I was
wondering what to do with it.

One day I was in a local "antique mall" - you know the kind, a big
building with a bunch of individual "stores" which are really just
little booths. I turned a corner and could not believe what I was
looking at. A booth run by 2 guys that was wall to wall antique
radios. They ran a restoring business. One guy did the electronics,
the other did the cabinet work. We got to talking and I told them what
I had. I could see that they were salivating at the chance to restore
a Scott!

I also bought a radio from them. The Zenith tombstone. It's a pretty
typical 5 tube set. I think it's a 5S127. Nice big round black dial,
and it also sounds good. Of course it had been restored by them, and
is in outstanding condition. It works fine for MW and the bigger SW
broadcasters (BBC, VOR, etc.) but it's no DX radio. The Scott, OTOH,
pulls in everything.

Dan

Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 650
Radio Shack DX-440, Grundig YB400
Tecsun PL-230 (YB550PE), Kaito KA1102
Hallicraters S-120 (1962)
Zenith black dial 5 tube Tombstone (1936)
E. H. Scott 23 tube Imperial Allwave in Tasman cabinet (1935)