[Hallicrafters] A NEAR MINT SX-28!

[kiyoinc at attglobal.net]

"Charlie" <pincon at erols.com>  wrote:

> I asked the seller who repainted the front panel?  Haven't gotten an
> answer yet.  Unless his digital camera color balance is WAY off, it's
> obviously too light.  The original SX-28's were almost black.  Also,
> the double silver stripes around the dials were not repainted (filled
> in).
> 
> The cabinet color may be original though.  I've seen everything from
> black to blue in production radios.  There is however, quite a color
> difference between the top shot and the side, but I still say the
> front panel has been re-done.
> 
> Charlie k3ICH

From: www.radioblvd.com/SX28Notes.html

> SX-28 SN H-119051 left the Hallicrafters' plant on October 29, 1940 -
> about two months into the SX-28 production. It has most of the
> characteristics of the first SX-28 receivers, e.g., the front panel
> is painted blue-gray, no upper-center panel screws flanking the main
> dial bezel are used, it has the early style ANL circuit.


Maybe this one is the real deal.  It sure looks good to me.

As I said a while ago, I believe that boat anchors have yet to 
appreciate.  The eBay ad says that there were 55,000 of these things 
made.  I don't think there were more than a few thousand 75S-1's made, 
if that many.

Then there are the Signal/One's, the HRO-500's, the FPM-200's, Invader 
2000s, and so on.

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