1947 Wilcox-Gay "Recordio" Model 6B30 Acquired Yesterday!

[vortalexfan]

Hello Everyone, Yesterday I went to a local second hand store and picked up a 1947 Wilcox-Gay "Recordio" Model 6B30 Radio/Record Player/Recorder/PA System unit for $50 and the unit was in pretty decent shape for what it was.

The only issues I have found with this unit so far is that when I went to remove the chassis from the cabinet to check it out, I saw that there was the remanents of an old mouse nest inside the radio, and the mouse chewed through the speaker cone on the radio which thankfully the speaker cone is salvageable and can be easily repaired using coffee filter paper and diluted Elmer's Glue, as the holes that were chewed into the speaker cone aren't very big and are in a spot that can be easily repaired and not affect the audio of the radio.

Another issue I have found is that the tuning condenser is really hard to rotate because it appears that the mouse that lived in this radio may have urinated on it a couple of times and it caused the tuning capacitor to corrode slightly at the bearings.

I looked under the chassis to see the condition of the wiring and components underneath and the chassis is all original underneath and was never touched (at least from what I can see, if it was repaired the repair person did a really good job at replacing the components to make them look factory installed, rather than cobbled together.)

I unfortunately don't have the original microphone that came with this unit, and I'm not sure where I can find one.

one thing that surprised me, is that the plastic (Tenite?) bezel on the tuning dial and push-buttons still looks like brand new yet.

Pictures coming soon.