For the sake of future collectors, restorers, and even yourself for the future, whether for authentic parts or for restoration, please protect your old radios from deterioation. If you store in an outbuilding, attic, basement, garage, etc., plastic garbage bags with a couple of moth balls inside seem to mork well. Then put bag and all in a cardboard box. I can't begin to tell you the quantity of chassis' and cabinets I have acquired that were stored in a damp location, and moisture has taken its toll - rust, wood disintegrating, mud dauber nests, insect eaten speaker cones, mouse____, etc. It is a crying shame. And please, if you take a chassis out of a cabinet, put it back, or keep it all together. I have several cabinets I acquired one place, and the chassis assemblies I aquired from another place, both in poor condition. I guess someone meant to do something with the set one day, but one day never came. The parts have been passed from one person to another for years, and stored in damp locations, or in locations where moisture condenses when the temperature changes. On the other hand, some thoughtful individuals have actually marked defective but difficult to replace components, put it all back together, and provided reasonable protection for the set. Ed M

I agree I would also like to say that those who take old radios (especially table top plastic models) and restore the electronics but re-paint the cabinets to fit a modern day tastes reminds me of the 1970s when people had to "blonde" all their furniture to fit the fad of the day. Today Ebay has taken a toll on the collecting field of all things...People looking to make a quick buck have a tendency to destroy an old radio to fit a moderday fad...When that fad is gone the radio will be thrown out.. George

:For the sake of future collectors, restorers, and even yourself for the future, whether for authentic parts or for restoration, please protect your old radios from deterioation. If you store in an outbuilding, attic, basement, garage, etc., plastic garbage bags with a couple of moth balls inside seem to mork well. Then put bag and all in a cardboard box. I can't begin to tell you the quantity of chassis' and cabinets I have acquired that were stored in a damp location, and moisture has taken its toll - rust, wood disintegrating, mud dauber nests, insect eaten speaker cones, mouse____, etc. It is a crying shame. And please, if you take a chassis out of a cabinet, put it back, or keep it all together. I have several cabinets I acquired one place, and the chassis assemblies I aquired from another place, both in poor condition. I guess someone meant to do something with the set one day, but one day never came. The parts have been passed from one person to another for years, and stored in damp locations, or in locations where moisture condenses when the temperature changes. On the other hand, some thoughtful individuals have actually marked defective but difficult to replace components, put it all back together, and provided reasonable protection for the set. Ed M
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Agree about protecting old radios but be careful of using plastic bags especially with wood radios. Moisure can condense inside a plastic bag. This moisture can damage finish on a wood radio. I've had this happen. Wrapping a radio with paper first then plastic seems to be ok.

Norm

:I agree I would also like to say that those who take old radios (especially table top plastic models) and restore the electronics but re-paint the cabinets to fit a modern day tastes reminds me of the 1970s when people had to "blonde" all their furniture to fit the fad of the day. Today Ebay has taken a toll on the collecting field of all things...People looking to make a quick buck have a tendency to destroy an old radio to fit a moderday fad...When that fad is gone the radio will be thrown out.. George
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::For the sake of future collectors, restorers, and even yourself for the future, whether for authentic parts or for restoration, please protect your old radios from deterioation. If you store in an outbuilding, attic, basement, garage, etc., plastic garbage bags with a couple of moth balls inside seem to mork well. Then put bag and all in a cardboard box. I can't begin to tell you the quantity of chassis' and cabinets I have acquired that were stored in a damp location, and moisture has taken its toll - rust, wood disintegrating, mud dauber nests, insect eaten speaker cones, mouse____, etc. It is a crying shame. And please, if you take a chassis out of a cabinet, put it back, or keep it all together. I have several cabinets I acquired one place, and the chassis assemblies I aquired from another place, both in poor condition. I guess someone meant to do something with the set one day, but one day never came. The parts have been passed from one person to another for years, and stored in damp locations, or in locations where moisture condenses when the temperature changes. On the other hand, some thoughtful individuals have actually marked defective but difficult to replace components, put it all back together, and provided reasonable protection for the set. Ed M
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