[Hallicrafters] HELP WITH CABINET IDENTITY

[W4AWM at aol.com]

Hi Mike,

What you say is most probably true.  Look at all the outfits who built 
R-390s, lt reads like a who's who of manufacturers. I wonder how many actually did 
build them.

The seller I got this one from was displaying a very sick looking 51J-2 in it 
but it did not look like the cabinet was built for that receiver. I picked up 
the 51J for a friend but since I collect Hallicrafters, I wanted the cabinet, 
hopefully to house my homeless R-274. Unfortunately, the receiver is 5 inches 
deeper than the cabinet so that kills that idea.  I am still trying to figure 
what was supposed to live in there.

I am beginning to believe that Hallicrafters made the cabinet for some non- 
Hallicrafters receiver under some government contract. Interestingly enough is 
the fact that the tag appears to be glued to the cabinet. The tag has 4 
mounting holes in it but they are not used and there are no matching holes in the 
cabinet. Strange.

73,

John,  W4AWM

<< I have a friend in southeastern NC who once owned a
Collins R-388 (51J-3) which had a data tag on the
front panel stating the manufacturer as "The
Hallicrafters Co.)" (!!!!!)  Nowhere in any of the
R-388 production lists have I seen reference to Halli
building any, but this one apparently was. >>