Welcome to Dave’s Antique Radio & TV Restorations, where radio restorations start at just $49.99*. I restore Antique Radios, Antique Automotive Radios, Antique TVs, and Antique Musical Instrument Amplifiers (guitar amps). Generally speaking, I think of antique electronics as containing electron tubes, also known as valves. An antique type collectable is also defined as being over 25 years old. So an antique radio can contain transistors, which started to appear as early as 1954. Except for the picture tube, many tvs were fully transistorized by the early 1970s. Many people prefer the sound of tubes to transistors in an amplifier. They give a richer warmer sound. So tubes are still being used today in guitar and high end audio amplifiers. * plus other parts, sales tax (NY State Residents) and return shipping
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Welcome to Dave’s Antique Radio & TV Restorations.
Antique Electronic Radio Restorations page.
Originally I had a separate page for each type of Antique Radio and there ended up being a lot of repetition. All antique electronics has the same sorts of components.
However, some electronic radio restorations have become rather routine that I can restore in quantity. These are what I call “specials” because they can be priced less than my regular flat-rate prices.
There are indoor radios that operate on house current, or batteries, car radios, and sometimes radios that were called “Farm” radios, which were used in a barn and operated by large storage batteries, at 30 volts DC, as I recall. The farm had a generator. I don’t see these very much.
I’ve been electronically restoring antique electronics since back in the late 1960s. I’ll post more later. This Website has begun on May 21st. 2019. I have had a Website since the late 1990s.
I just electronically restored an RCA SHF-7 Amplifier for a customer. New Orthophonic equalization is spectacular! I’m also awaiting rubber parts to complete the servicing of the RP-205C2 record changer. The rubber parts are an idler, 4 turrets (one for each speed), two small grommets, and three motor mounts. There are also 2 rubber washer …
I just restored a GE J-805 from 1941 for a customer. That customer ordered a new dial glass for it and will be bringing it back to me to install it. I’ll take all the after pictures at that point, and post them here and on Facebook. This radio has 15 capacitors to replace. This …
Usually resistors don’t have to be replaced. But some very old resistors will change in value over time to the point where the circuitry won’t work correctly or not work at all. Some are so old that they might get so brittle that they fall apart when replacing the required capacitors that they are connected …
Some time ago I eliminated a posted online phone number due to excessive spam calls. eMail, messaging through Facebook and regular mail has worked fine.
Dave’s Antique Radio & TV Restorations
P. O. Box 2265 Liverpool, NY 13089-2265
My eMail and Facebook link is at the bottom of every page on this site.
