has anyone ever seen a motorola radio (galvin) such as above modified with a power transformer placed into a wood cabinet.I cann't decide if this was done by a very good woodworker or was a factory modification to maybe take up over production of auto radios. Your input would be very much appreciated. Tom

:has anyone ever seen a motorola radio (galvin) such as above modified with a power transformer placed into a wood cabinet.I cann't decide if this was done by a very good woodworker or was a factory modification to maybe take up over production of auto radios. Your input would be very much appreciated. Tom
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These were factory made units, mostly during WWII. Some radiomakers who also sold car radios (Motorola, Zenith, Philco, and a few others) had large stocks of car radios which were gathering dust due to the sudden cessation of automobile production; and wood was a "nonstrategic material"- so this gave the radio manufacturers something to sell while not taking critical labor away from their defense contract work. I believe that both factory line-AC conversions (such as yours) and 6V DC sets (for farm use) were sold.

These were good-performing radios (most had tracking RF amps and push-pull audio output stages) but, except for pushbutton tuning, they lacked the "bells and whistles" that consumers had come to expect from the living-room consoles of the time. I don't think that these sets were big sellers, for that reason.

::has anyone ever seen a motorola radio (galvin) such as above modified with a power transformer placed into a wood cabinet.I cann't decide if this was done by a very good woodworker or was a factory modification to maybe take up over production of auto radios. Your input would be very much appreciated. Tom
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:These were factory made units, mostly during WWII. Some radiomakers who also sold car radios (Motorola, Zenith, Philco, and a few others) had large stocks of car radios which were gathering dust due to the sudden cessation of automobile production; and wood was a "nonstrategic material"- so this gave the radio manufacturers something to sell while not taking critical labor away from their defense contract work. I believe that both factory line-AC conversions (such as yours) and 6V DC sets (for farm use) were sold.
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:These were good-performing radios (most had tracking RF amps and push-pull audio output stages) but, except for pushbutton tuning, they lacked the "bells and whistles" that consumers had come to expect from the living-room consoles of the time. I don't think that these sets were big sellers, for that reason.
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:::has anyone ever seen a motorola radio (galvin) such as above modified with a power transformer placed into a wood cabinet.I cann't decide if this was done by a very good woodworker or was a factory modification to maybe take up over production of auto radios. Your input would be very much appreciated. Tom
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::These were factory made units, mostly during WWII. Some radiomakers who also sold car radios (Motorola, Zenith, Philco, and a few others) had large stocks of car radios which were gathering dust due to the sudden cessation of automobile production; and wood was a "nonstrategic material"- so this gave the radio manufacturers something to sell while not taking critical labor away from their defense contract work. I believe that both factory line-AC conversions (such as yours) and 6V DC sets (for farm use) were sold.
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::These were good-performing radios (most had tracking RF amps and push-pull audio output stages) but, except for pushbutton tuning, they lacked the "bells and whistles" that consumers had come to expect from the living-room consoles of the time. I don't think that these sets were big sellers, for that reason.
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:does this make these radios anymore valuable
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My personal feeling is, no. They are unremarkable sets with plain-jane cabinets. Don't know how the larger collecting community feels about them.

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:My personal feeling is, no. They are unremarkable sets with plain-jane cabinets. Don't know how the larger collecting community feels about them.
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Here's one- a Philco- which is currently on eBay:

item 281078783384

Nice looking set but its automotive origins are obvious (metal cased chassis, oblong speaker). It will be interesting to see what this one sells for.