Posted by Bradshaw [ 24.176.130.46 ] on April 02, 2005 at 05:17:59:

In Reply to: Re: Atwater Kent Model 37 posted by Wayne Parham on April 02, 2005 at 02:52:43:

Wayne,

Thanks for all the good advice. I'll start looking for the new caps to put in and see if I can find some cloth bound wire too.

This radio is in a stamped metal box for a case. Some of the paint is chipping and has rusted in places. The paint has a unique "orange peel" finish to it. Do you know of any paint that is available that will give the same finished results?

We've also got an RCA Radiola 18. Picked it up about 20 years ago on someone's trash can sitting by the road. The speaker and the cabinet were painted an aweful light "pea grean". We removed the paint to expose the beautiful walnut case and painted the speaker brown. Attached an antenna and it fired right up. Its been in the attic a good while. I think part of the tuning mechanism failed, as the knob would not tune it when I last checked.

Maybe I'll tackle that when I get the Atwater Kent going.

Once again, thanks for the help.
Bradshaw

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