Greetings from western NJ

Hello, I have been restoring old radios (and cars) on and off for the past 30 years. I am 60 years old and live in Clinton Township NJ and am Chief engineer at Glassman HV where we make HV power supplies. My first radio, which I still have is a Zenith 10S669 which I found on vacation in 1974 in Virginia and stuffed it in the back seat of my 1966 Buick Skylark for the journey home.

Actually when I was a kid growing up in the Bronx I acquired most of my electronics parts from discarded radios and TV's and had many old radios that I cut up for parts (wish I had them back now). One radio that I had as a kid was a Zenith 12S568 which I used as a phonograph amplifier. That set had an odd 6AC5 P-P output with a beautiful row of 6J5G's that I kept polished to enjoy the warm glow of the filaments. I recently found that radio chassis on e-bay and have just finished restoring it.

Some photos of my collection are at:

http://demandred.dyndns.org/540i/gallery/Antique-Radios

I just bought 5 "new" radios at the Kutztown swap meet and just started working on an Admiral 477-50L. The others are a Philco 37-610 that need lots of work, a Philco 38-89 which is in very nice condition, a Sonora RCU-208 which is also in nice condition, and a Zenith 6S222 which a very nice original that I hesitate to do much to other than clean it up.

I also post on the Philco Phorum and Antique Radio Forums. Sorry for the rambling into.

Steve DeClario

Welcome Steve! That's a neat story about the 10S669 stuffed in the backseat of a 66 Skylark.

John

Welcome aboard Steve. There are some nice and nicely done radios in your collection. I'm looking forward to seeing the newly acquired radios too.
That '65 stang looks like a lot of fun and the '39 Buick is a beauty. I recently finished a 75 Firebird (with 10,000 original miles) but don't take her out much.

Welcome to the forums, Steve.....
Bill Cahill

Good to see you here, Steve. Love the pics of my favorite year Buick - last of the great pre-war grilles. A 150 Lb head!!
My back aches thinking what the block must weigh.


-Phil

Welcome!