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RCA T8-18
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Today I cleared off my bench from the debris from restoring that little un-named cathedral radio, and put on my next project, an RCA T8-18 I bought months ago. It looks like it has not been touched in years. I haven't pulled the chassis yet, but from what I have been able to see so far, the only modification done to it was putting on a masonite back with holes in a 1 inch grid, and drilling one hole larger so that they could slip a much more modern plastic insulated line cord through it and splice it to the cut off end of the original cloth covered line cord. I guess whoever once had it had cats or small kids and didn't want them getting into the back of the set. Fortunately I have downloaded all the RCA service manuals from 1932 to 1948 in 4 volumes, so I have good documentation to go by for this restoration.
[Image: https://66.media.tumblr.com/dfc64aba12b0...1_1280.jpg]

[Image: https://66.media.tumblr.com/806b6df271cf...1_1280.jpg]

[Image: https://66.media.tumblr.com/2b0da370cc6e...1_1280.jpg]

The grill cloth seems in VERY good condition. That's a plus. The cabinet is pretty good too., no big repairs, just light refinishing.


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RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-01-2019, 10:06 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-02-2019, 01:24 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-02-2019, 06:23 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-02-2019, 10:47 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-03-2019, 05:20 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-03-2019, 12:45 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-03-2019, 11:50 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-05-2019, 03:58 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-05-2019, 05:46 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Eliot Ness - 09-06-2019, 03:05 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by EdHolland - 09-06-2019, 06:19 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-06-2019, 07:48 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-06-2019, 10:02 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 09-07-2019, 01:04 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-09-2019, 01:40 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-09-2019, 07:24 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-09-2019, 09:41 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-10-2019, 09:08 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 09-10-2019, 12:33 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-10-2019, 01:01 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 09-10-2019, 01:04 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-10-2019, 02:17 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 09-10-2019, 02:30 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-10-2019, 05:19 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-10-2019, 07:32 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Paul Philco322 - 09-10-2019, 08:27 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 09-10-2019, 09:13 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Dan Walker - 09-12-2019, 08:17 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-12-2019, 09:06 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-12-2019, 09:21 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-12-2019, 10:30 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-13-2019, 05:43 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-19-2019, 03:42 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-24-2019, 11:36 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-25-2019, 05:55 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-25-2019, 10:54 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-26-2019, 02:45 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-26-2019, 04:42 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 09-29-2019, 12:20 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-29-2019, 01:28 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-29-2019, 01:31 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 09-29-2019, 01:50 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Ron Ramirez - 09-29-2019, 02:08 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 09-30-2019, 09:07 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 09-30-2019, 10:49 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 10-01-2019, 07:04 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 10-01-2019, 08:58 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 10-02-2019, 06:12 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 10-02-2019, 08:32 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 10-03-2019, 01:59 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 10-03-2019, 04:19 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Eliot Ness - 10-03-2019, 06:25 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 10-04-2019, 04:56 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 10-04-2019, 05:12 PM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by mikethedruid - 10-06-2019, 07:05 AM
RE: RCA T8-18 - by Jake Blake - 10-07-2019, 09:54 PM



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