[NJARC] FW: Antique Radio Restoration

[Aaron Hunter]

Christopher

Out of curiosity I tried to determine what you have and ended up going 
in circles on this one. From a 1941 manufacture's directory, R.P.C. most 
likely stands for Radio Products Corp., located at 3800 W Cortland St., 
Chicago, Ill. Brands used were "Camden", "Continental", "Co-op", 
"Crusader", "Dayrad" and "Supertone".

When I went to the Continental listing things got interesting. There the 
manufacture was listed as "Continental Radio & Telev. Corp., 3800 W. 
Cortland St., Chicago, Ill. And one of the brand names listed for this 
company was "Admiral". This later became "Admiral Corporation" at guess 
where? 3800 W. Cortland St., Chicago, Ill. Other names listed were 
"Fearnola", "Globe Trotter", "Marshall", "Oriole", "Roadmaster", 
"Slagle", "Sunbeam", "Radiomaster", and "Wondertone".

I found a picture in the Stein "PreWar Consoles" book of a Camden model 
935-11A circa 1939. It has three verticle bars in the center of the 
speaker grill and the top is rounded with a slide rule dial appearing in 
the middle of the rounded part. The picture is fuzzy, but appears to 
have 4 controls and about 15 push buttons or maybe they are a design. 
Does this sound like your radiio? A picture and tube layout might help 
in further identifying it.

Where are you located in South Jersey? I'm in the Mount Holly area.

Aaron Hunter



Phil Vourtsis wrote:

>Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
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>Can anyone help Christopher identify this radio?
>He is also looking for some restoration help.
>
>Phil Vourtsis 
>Pres. New Jersey Antique Radio Club 
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>From: christopher.torchia at wellsfargo.com
>[mailto:christopher.torchia at wellsfargo.com] 
>Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:16 AM
>To: pvourtsis at optonline.net
>Subject: Antique Radio Restoration
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>Phil, 
>Good AM!  I found the Club website online and I was hoping you could point
>me in the right direction.  I live in the South Jersey area and just
>inherited an antique radio from my grandparents.  I am interested in
>restoring it to working order and hoped you might know a few contacts in
>South Jersey who might be interested in the work.  I don't know much about
>the unit, but here is what I do know:
>• It probably dates back to the late 20's early 30s
>• It is a nice quality wood cabinet standing around 4 feet from the ground
>with an open back
>• There is no brand tag, however, there is a metal tag on the back that is
>in scripted "R.P.C. Chicago" "Serial #A170113"
>• Carved in the wood cabinet is RPC and the # 935
>
>Any direction you can point me in would be most appreciated!  Thanks so
>much, 
>Christopher Torchia 
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