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28th Nov 2005, 11:01 am | #1 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
Posts: 2,543
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MB60 Restoration
I noticed this radio on Ebay with less than 1 minute to go! I managed to read the description, look at the pictures and place a bid with just 6 seconds to spare. Apart from a broken handle pin it looked OK and complete. The seller responded positively to my packing requests and I was initially very excited. However the next day my excitement was dampened when the seller told me that the radio had fallen off the Post Office counter whilst he was trying to send it
It arrived with a chunk missing from the top left hand corner of the back and all the chassis mounts broken As I dismantled the radio it turned out that the tuning dial had also been bodged with glue, the rexine was very worn and faded and everything was generally filthy. I started with the front and back panel. They where washed and polished vigorously with T Cut. I mixed some car body filler with wood stain until I got a colour which closely matched the missing corner of the back. Unfortunately all that colour matching was wasted when I discovered that the hardener was a bright red! The resulting repair is, therefore, not as invisible as I'd hoped, but it's not too bad The rexine covered main body was really awful and it looked worse after I washed it. The only solution I could think of was to paint it. I found Voltswagen Gambia Red to be an almost perfect match for an unfaded area of the rexine (it's also a match for the tuning dial). All the broken bits of the chassis mounts were still inside so these were re-glued into position with superglue. All the brass was removed, stripped, polished and re-lacquered. Forum member Howard supplied me with handle pins, a tuning dial and the MW/LW buttons (as mine were cracked) The radio came with the original plug but the mains lead had been cut off. As this is moulded I had to use a Dremmel, lots of superglue and car body filler to effect a repair. The chassis had its capacitors replaced or reformed. Once a repair was made to the MW aerial coil and a couple of new valves it worked fine Lastly I made a graphic of what I interpreted a B147 battery should look like. I couldn't be bothered to stuff it full of batteries but I placed a small bag of sand inside it to hopefully give the radio a bit of ballast Regards David |
28th Nov 2005, 11:06 am | #2 |
Octode
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Hampton Vale, Peterborough, UK.
Posts: 1,698
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Re: MB60 Restoration
What a turn-around, Dave. You bought a disaster of a radio but you've turned it around quite amazingly. Super restoration. Well done!
-Tony |
28th Nov 2005, 3:08 pm | #3 |
Nonode
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Godalming, Surrey, UK.
Posts: 2,593
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Re: MB60 Restoration
Hello Dave,
Thats brilliant ! The Bush MB60 is a very nice radio and well worth restoring. Well done ! Howard |
28th Nov 2005, 4:39 pm | #4 |
Tetrode
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockport, Cheshire, UK.
Posts: 72
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Re: MB60 Restoration
Hello Dave that M60 looks very nice I also did an MB60 they are really worth the time and effort well done
Andy |