While I was at the big Wash-In at Kevin's I went thrifting and found these two radios to add to my collection. The first one is a Westclox radio.
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The next one is inside this box here. I wonder whats inside. Could it be a Magnavox?
Well now that its open what do we have here.
The original Magnavox cleaning cloth still sealed in the original wraper.
This magnavox transistor radio with the orignal plastic wrap.
The radio with the leather case.
Even has a nifty little stand in the back.
With the leather case off. Nice and shiny
Another little case. I wonder what is here.
The earbud
ronhic
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Great finds...
I used to have one of those Magnavox radios as a teenager-was great on trips!An early "walkman"!I even made up a cable for it to use the radio as an AM tuner when I got an Eico mono amp to feed a large speaker-that little radio than had a louder and cleaner voice!sounded really good!eico Hf-20 amp.Now miss those things.Radio got lost in a flood.I got it as a Christmas present from my brother-it did give me several years of enjoyment!It could "DX" well,too.
waterwitch
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That's in REALLY GREAT shape!
Love the Westclox
And the Magnavox? That goes without saying! It's a miracle you found it before it could get tossed around by bored children, or was it in a glass case where they usually keep the nicer things? There is a Model 60 and a Model 80 on Ebay currently, the 80 is as complete as yours, and actually has the instructions with it. None of my elderly Magnavox pocket radios came with anything, around here it was a rare item even 30 years ago. Thanks for those sensational pictures too!
And the Magnavox? That goes without saying! It's a miracle you found it before it could get tossed around by bored children, or was it in a glass case where they usually keep the nicer things? There is a Model 60 and a Model 80 on Ebay currently, the 80 is as complete as yours, and actually has the instructions with it. None of my elderly Magnavox pocket radios came with anything, around here it was a rare item even 30 years ago. Thanks for those sensational pictures too!
Great finds
I still have the Magnavox radio with case. I think the box is still in a dresser drawer. Rec'd it from the folks as a birthday present in 1963. It's been years since it had a battery in it. I also have one of those little Panasonic round models where the silver dials make it look a bit like an owl. Unfortunately, both are AM only and now that is only good for one all news, weather & traffic station WMAL in this area. The rest of the dial is verbal crap; so sad when I can remember AM being rich with variety, even classical music, both in Atlanta and up here. Transistor radios were the first device to break up the family radio listening unity. Kids could listen to their music away from the family's radio and anywhere they went. The plastic cases were artwork themselves. Even before I got my clock radio, my brother & I listened to our transistors at our desks while "doing" homework. There were two top 40 stations at the time, WQXI and WPLO so my brother and I would go back and forth between them to hear our favorite songs before WPLO went country and called themselves "plow radio." Soon portable TVs would do the same for television watching as more than one set appeared in homes. Cassette & 8 track players, both portable and in the car gave further listening options.
Noticed the Westclox clock radio has what looks like the Magnavox emblem in the speaker area. Wonder if it was a collaborative effort with Magnavox since Westclox was not a radio maker.
I still have the Magnavox radio with case. I think the box is still in a dresser drawer. Rec'd it from the folks as a birthday present in 1963. It's been years since it had a battery in it. I also have one of those little Panasonic round models where the silver dials make it look a bit like an owl. Unfortunately, both are AM only and now that is only good for one all news, weather & traffic station WMAL in this area. The rest of the dial is verbal crap; so sad when I can remember AM being rich with variety, even classical music, both in Atlanta and up here. Transistor radios were the first device to break up the family radio listening unity. Kids could listen to their music away from the family's radio and anywhere they went. The plastic cases were artwork themselves. Even before I got my clock radio, my brother & I listened to our transistors at our desks while "doing" homework. There were two top 40 stations at the time, WQXI and WPLO so my brother and I would go back and forth between them to hear our favorite songs before WPLO went country and called themselves "plow radio." Soon portable TVs would do the same for television watching as more than one set appeared in homes. Cassette & 8 track players, both portable and in the car gave further listening options.
Noticed the Westclox clock radio has what looks like the Magnavox emblem in the speaker area. Wonder if it was a collaborative effort with Magnavox since Westclox was not a radio maker.
for folks in DC area---Remember WPGC AM &FM-that was what I tuned my little radio to while playing thru the Eico amp and a speaker got from a Magnavox TV-12".Made a wood case for it with my Stepdads radial saw.Used scrap wood in the garage.This would have been 60's-into early 70's then got a job as an engineer at those stations-they were flattered I listened to them on my rig.
