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I've always loved those european-style tabletop radios with the pushbuttons. Very cool. I suspect it might be a Farnsworth GT-051. The one in...
I'm loving this. It's the best kind of mutant.
Huh, that never occurred to me. I'll have to give it a shot.
Here's the trailer in action. It tows beautifully. I had it up to 70 mph at one point without any signs of sway. (Normally I cruise at more like...
I took the numbers off the bearings but they're not in any catalog -- must be obsolete. I've reached out to a few local places, but they don't...
I always thought if it was front-engined it was a garden tractor, rear-engined was a riding mower. But it probably depends on whose marketing...
Got the thing back together with fresh grease in the bearings. I should replace the cone for the outer left bearing at some point, but given the...
Best kind of airplane noise! I used to live in Ypsilanti, MI, and the Yankee Air Force's B-17 would sometimes fly low over my apartment on its way...
Here's an interesting one -- a Crosley JM-8GNa portable, in the shape of a book. This is what collectors call a "novelty radio." [ATTACH]...
antiqueradio.org has a wealth of information for anyone getting started. Also the guy's meticulously-documented repairs and restorations are fun...
My grandpa had a Farmall, but I think it was a slightly smaller one. I don't remember the model, unfortunately. It had electric start, but it was...
This one is my favorite. A 1936 Philco 610F. [ATTACH] As was common at the time, the Model 610 was sold in a number of different cases. This was...
One of my on-again, off-again hobbies is restoring old radios. I thought I'd post a few of them. Here the first: [ATTACH] This is a 1949 Bendix...
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