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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 3:59:58 PM on 2 July 2017.
	Ian Robertson Location: Belrose, NSW Member since 31 December 2015 Member #: 1844 Postcount: 2476
I picked up this cabinet this afternoon at an antique shop that is closing down. It has been "refinished" unfortunately but not beyond redemption. Veneer is lifting in a few places. Extra holes below the 4 knob holes look like they once held a badge. I'm either looking for a suitable chassis - I don't much care what condition - and an 8 inch electrodynamic speaker. Or, if someone already has a chassis and lacks a cabinet, I'm happy to sell it for what I paid for it. Anyone??

Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 10:49:03 PM on 6 July 2017.
	Ian Robertson Location: Belrose, NSW Member since 31 December 2015 Member #: 1844 Postcount: 2476
Well Pete had a look at it and says it will be hard to bring back to original because of the way it's been done. As I recall though these depression-era cabinets often had a pretty ordinary standard of construction and finish. The inside looks like it's been built with packing case timber or fence palings (well maybe not quite that bad!) and there's knots in the verticals so the timber looks like pine.... So I'm telling myself, maybe it's depression authentic?? Someone MUST have a chassis I can put in it! Rusty, incomplete, I don't care!!

Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 10:55:45 PM on 6 July 2017.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6761
It looks quite okay to me, but I'm not a purist when it comes to consoles.

Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 11:20:29 PM on 6 July 2017.
	Vintage Pete Location: Albury, NSW Member since 1 May 2016 Member #: 1919 Postcount: 2048
If someone can supply Ian with a chassis for this Radiogram than I can bring the cabinet home and spend some time on it to restore it, But he needs a chassis for it ,There must be one in someones shed. Thanks Pete ..

Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 9:03:44 AM on 7 July 2017.
	Captgogo Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 22 May 2017 Member #: 2114 Postcount: 120
Ian, it is a nice cabinet, any idea of the make or which radio it was built for. Sorry I do not have a chassis but will keep a look out for you on my travels. Cheers George.

Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 4:32:43 PM on 7 July 2017.
	Ian Robertson Location: Belrose, NSW Member since 31 December 2015 Member #: 1844 Postcount: 2476
No idea of the brand except that I doubt it's one of the majors. There seems to have been a diamond shaped badge on the front, below the knobs, at some stage.

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