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WORLD's UGLEST Vintage Valve Radio !!
GlennSprigg:
I couldn't help myself... I want to give this poor thing a 'Life'! (eBay, $21.50 winning bid).
It was made in Australia, around 1940, and is a 'portable' that looks like a 'case', from an
Aussie company called... "Tecnico Aristocrat". Here are images to weep over the poor thing...
And an image of the "Master Control Panel" (haha)... when opened up!...
GRANTED, it's NOT pretty, (YET!), however... (until I receive it in the post & check more), I've
checked for days on every facet of the 'Net', (Images/Info), and there is NOTHING!!
There's plenty of info on the regular sites for typical "Tecnico Aristocrat" Radios, but nothing
that looks like this!? So maybe it is quite rare. I've been through ALL Aussie sites, including
the AORSM, and the HRSA, and the Worldwide www.radiomuseum.org , and although they
'may' have schematics etc., they have NO photos to identify this model! for correlation.
When i receive it, and open it up, I will know more. I will make it pretty again regardless!!
bd139:
Ugh that is right up there on the fugly scale isn’t it. Good luck. Deserves restoration :-+
Alex Eisenhut:
What does it smell like?
Bud:
Try reaching out to David Tipton, tonns of radio restoration videos on youtube, i believe he is in Aus.
GlennSprigg:
--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on May 25, 2020, 12:37:03 pm ---What does it smell like?
--- End quote ---
Don't know yet!!! Waiting for delivery....
Hopefully then I can find the 'magical' model number. just couldn't pass it up for the price!!
No other image on Google??? Must be rare! hahaha...
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