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Old 30th Nov 2015, 3:41 am   #1
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Default Crosley Frankenradio Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP7_JjrVnLQ

"Frankenradio", as we all know, is a term amongst collectors to identify sets that have been assembled with dissimilar parts--chassis to cabinet, speaker to chassis, etc.

This was my wife's grandfather's. As a young man, he pulled a Crosley 5515 chassis from its console cabinet and assembled this one. It's made of fruit crates!

I had fun making the video...

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Old 30th Nov 2015, 7:51 am   #2
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Default Re: Crosley Frankenradio Video

The original console radio looks very bulky. If there isn't the space, then re-casing the radio chassis was an excellent idea.

If someone did the same thing today: They had a chassis from a hopelessly smashed bakelite case their skill should be applauded in keeping a serviceable radio out of the landfill.
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Default Re: Crosley Frankenradio Video

Interesting video, thanks for sharing.

The vid is displaying in the wrong aspect ratio (vertically stretched) on my Android tablet.
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Old 30th Nov 2015, 3:48 pm   #4
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Ditto a Win10 laptop, fun though.
 
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It's a time machine too
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