Here is one for the brains trust.
Barbara had a little AWA tranny, she saved her pennies up and in 1962(?) she bought her own radio.
Her cruel husband (me) eventually threw it out in the late 70's when the batteries were hard to get.
(I bought her a better newer tranny that used normal 9 volt batteries.)
Now she wants it back!

Well it would be nice to buy one, problem is I have never seen one just like it.
We all have ones like the B42 "AWA Radiola Transistor" and every one I have, or seen, has a brown LEATHER sown case.

Barbara's tranny had a grey PLASTIC case.
The set was like a B42, left side dial, right side speaker, right side switch, left side earpiece socket.
The PLASTIC case was grey coloured and heat welded together with a PLASTIC carry strap.

Anybody seen one, know the model number, could sell me one, or even just the case, and I can put a B42 in it and pretend.

Fred.

Like this one?

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&id=7A1D...

Yep Brad that's the style.
I think Barbs one must have been end of production where they stopped using the leather supplier and tooled up for all plastic?
I wonder if anybody who worked there is still alive and can confirm that guess?

Fred.

B67 model? Made in 1969.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/amalgamate_radiola_all_transistor_b67.html

Bushman

Positive it was bought 61/62.
A big purchase for a 20 year old lass by herself with no man in sight.
Yes she was one of the original Ms's who demanded to buy things for herself.
Being 4' foot 7" and a 1/2 breed pom may have also been a help?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also had bought a portable record player, still have that.

Back to the set.
The set cabinet was a dead ringer for the B67 with the RECTANGULAR speaker holes.
The plastic case had round holes just like the leather cases.
Fred.

B67 uses a modern PP3 type 9V battery. I gather what is sought is a model that used the old style 2362 battery like this:

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/evereadyau_9_volt_battery_2362.html

Yes GTC definitely the 2362 battery like a B42.
The odd thing out seems to be the Plastic Case.

I'm betting the cabinet and PCB would have been pretty standard through a lot of models.
This gets back to changing from leather to plastic at some time, or, using plastic for a time and then swapping back to leather?

I note some later models had NO case at all like the polished metal "pocket" types and the all plastic "brick" models, the ones with no dial.
All of that points to cost saving to stave off the flood of imports caused by that wonderful government we got that killed local industry in the 70's.

Fred.

I am not sure of the year the one I have was made. I have a very similar (if not the same as the one pictured) still with its original leatherette case, ear piece still in its 'deal bag' and still in it's original box. It's never been powered up and I scored it some years ago for $20 - obviously from someone who was unaware of what originally packaged radios are potentially worth. Because it has always been in its box, even the lighter coloured plastics are all still the original colour.

Hi Fred.

I don't know if this is of any help, but I have a, "New Old Stock," cabinet for an AWA B24 radio.
Yours if you want it. It is fairly close in looks and control layout.

Wayne

Thanks Wayne for the kind offer. Got a couple of leatherette cases and cabinets so I can put together a near copy, but....
The real problem is the desired case was grey welded plastic not brown stitched leatherette and I have never seen another one anywhere.

How I wish I had not thrown it out in some rare clean up!

Fred.

This looks like the answer to identifying the set.

Ken Rowlinson sent me a pix of a set he has bought, new state and in original box with all accesories.
Lucky man!
It is a model 147P and is all plastic, the only difference I can see is ours was grey, his is brown.
That settles the question if AWA did use welded plastic instead of leatherette for the carry case.

Mystery solved.

Fred.

Here is one that maybe close

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463115187128921/permalink/7294684210638627/?mibextid=dXMIcH

Here is one that maybe close

That looks to be a model B46 from 1966:

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/amalgamate_radiola_b46.html

Interesting to see an AWA power supply mentioned. Have never seen or heard of one for AWA transistor radios.