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Here's an interesting little radio. A 1938 General Electric model GD-63 AM 5 tube table radio. Kind of looks like
the grille of a 1953 Buick, doesn't it? The chassis was in such bad shape I had to buy a GD-60 radio to use as
parts for this one. I've noticed that this radio, as simple as it is, is very desireable for some reason. I still
like it.
Here we have a 1936 Silvertone model 1938, 7 tube, 3 band tombstone radio. Gotta love that back-lit green
dial and square brass dial bezel!
A 1931 Atwater-Kent model 96, third revision , 8 tube AM console with vertical neon tuning eye called a tune-a-light (quite
a rare radio, and the neon tubes are impossible to find as well; sometimes referred to as the rare element "unobtainium").
From what I can find out, this model radio was the very first to have a rudementary tuning "eye" (the model 99 actually came
out later the same year, also with a tune-a-lite). The model 96 first and second revisions did not have this feature.
The tune-a-lite actually works on this one. Have not seen another model 96 anywhere else. Love the dials on these
early thirties A-K radios!
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Here's a cathedral battery radio. A 1934 Silvertone model 1712, 8 tube 2 band 5 knob. Beautiful, isn't it?
This was known as a midget cathedral, although it is 18 inches tall and 14 inches wide and weighs about 30 lbs. Beats
me.
Here's a 1933 Atwater-Kent model 165, 5 tube, 2 band cathedral radio. Found this one for $40.00 locally!
Cabinet was so nice I didn't have to do anything to it. The delicate fretwork on the grille, as well as the grillecloth, is
still very much intact. Replaced all capacitors, a few resistors, the wiring, and she fired right up! What a very
pretty little radio, huh? These are getting VERY EXPENSIVE nowadays, going for $300.00 or more.
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