D&M Radio Rave

Another restoration finally off the bench! Up next is a Canadian General Electric model 412. We like it because of the sleek lines and that it really represents the atomic age 1954. I believe it was purchased at a local garage sale and was fairly bust up, we knew it wouldn’t be that hard of a fix.

Latest restore is a Stewart Warner 07-511 from 1939. this radio was fairly bust up when I purchased it years ago (sorry no before pics).
I wanted to create the marble look like the tuning k**b has, this involves using an old kerosene lamp to "feather soot" onto the brown paint, then put a clear coat coating overtop. This procedure worked well on a yellow Sonora that I had restored in the past however this one didn't turn out quite as good as I would have liked.
The speaker is also trashed, however it still works but sounds terrible lol, we have to find either a new exact speaker for it or re-cone the old one.
An Aux 3.5 mm jack was added that allows for a bluetooth receiver to be connected so that you can stream your device through it.
Undecided if we want to sell this unit as is or just keep it.

Sorry we haven't posted in awhile. I still have complications from my neck surgery almost 2 years ago so haven't been restoring for months, Hopefully with more craniosacral therapy I will get more feeling back to my hands. Anyway the reason for the post is this very elusive set that I have been wanting for 22 years or so, it's called a Philco Boomerang! So art deco!

Here's another radio from the jet age, now totally restored a 1957 Motorola 56H, nicknamed the "torpedo". The cone shaped dial lense was missing when I bought this radio, Chris at renovated radios fabricated one for me.

Well another restoration out of the way, here is a Crosley 11-101U from 1951, when I got it the radio was white, case was cracked and had alot of dings in the bakelite. I think the blue looks better. 😀

Haven't posted a new restore for awhile, I worked on this 1946 Northern Electric 5002 with shortwave band and finally completed it, looks cool painted in Robin egg blue.