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WORLD's UGLEST Vintage Valve Radio !!
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TerraHertz:
That is certainly one ugly-arsed old radio!
Looking at the components reminds me to ask - how reliable are those very old style resistors?
I've never tried restoring anything that uses them so don't have experience with their problems.

Also, how does their color coding work? Doesn't look like E12, and some seem to have only two color bands.
Circlotron:
Colour coding is body, end, centre. E.g. green black orange = 50K. No 47K in those days.
Cyberdragon:
Yes, also known as Body-End-Dot resistors, which originated with early "dogbone" style carbon resistors. I'm working on a Crosley 5M3 from '34 that's full of them.
GlennSprigg:
Re:-  Old style resistor values...
Yes, and more confusion at times when some companies like 'Atwater-Kent' used their own custom colors for resistors!  :(
http://www.atwaterkent.info/TechData/Images/EV1932_007.gif
Probably aimed at throwing people off doing their own repairs.

I've been quite ill for a while, but i'm getting to this radio of mine in the near future, and will up-date photos etc. !   8)
SpecialK:
Hope your feeling better soon.
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