[ARC5] Interesting variant...

[David Stinson]

Ken Gordon wrote:
> I have a BC-453 here which seems rather unusual to me. Its case and 
> chassis is not formed by being stamped (?) out of a single piece of aluminum 
> with rounded corners, but rather appears to be folded....

Sounds like the 1950s Lewyt built set.
They bought a lot of the A.R.C. parts surplus
and built some replacement sets.  I think it
was 1951 or 52.  The R-23A sets were in service
for decades after WW-II.

73 Dave S.