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 Astor JJ, or is it?
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 Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 8:13:20 PM on 14 June 2015.
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This is up for bids on Ebay at the moment. It looks like an Astor JJ cabinet but the dial escutcheon is not normally on this model.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Retro-bakelite-radio...


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 9:42:23 PM on 14 June 2015.
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Somebody has jammed a 1945 efco escutcheon into the cavity ( dorks ) no astor JJ ever came out like that !


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Steve.

 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 10:11:22 PM on 14 June 2015.
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I thought as much. The divider in the middle looks like it has been butchered to accommodate the escutcheon.


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
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