Except for collecting parts I've kind of been taking a break from cars for a bit and doing some house stuff. One of the projects was finally getting the old radio/record player in the house.

I'd been regularly treating the cabinet on it with wood oil and the finish came back a lot better than I had expected it to. I found a set of replacement knobs and new set of tubes for it. There are still a few issues keeping the radio from working that I'll eventually get to but it's better off in the house than taking up bench space in the shop.

Radio by M Patterson, on Flickr


When I started working on/researching the record player I found out some interesting things I didn't know. For one the record player is for 78 RPM records only as it was built before 33 and 45 RPM records were introduced in 1948. The 78s were generally either 10 or 12 inches and played only about 4 minutes and 6 minutes per side respectively.

Like the majority of people at the time. other than reading the old record player/radio was the sole evening entertainment for mom and Dad until they bought their first TV in 1952. Far different times than today.


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