Bakelite radio cabinet identification. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Megatron · 3rd Mar 2019, 7:25 pm

Hello everyone.

First post and asking for help already!

Can anyone identify this cabinet? Saved from the tip because it was undamaged. The set is a basket case but the case will polish up, thought someone must have a project waiting for a case. I thought it looked a bit Ekco-ish?

snowman_al · 3rd Mar 2019, 7:36 pm

Welcome and it's an EKCO UAW78 I think... https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/ekco_uaw78_uaw_78.html
Alan

Megatron · 3rd Mar 2019, 7:46 pm

Thats it thanks,
I thought it looked like an EKCO but couldn't see the model on an image search.
If anyone here needs one shout before its put on an online auction.
I need the space so its getting a last chance then the tip

its beyond easy restoring. The chassis and IF coils are corroded badly speaker missing etc.

Lloyd 1985 · 3rd Mar 2019, 10:24 pm

Ooh, nice find! Definitely Ekco, and one I haven’t got

Silly question, is it postable?

Regards
Lloyd

Refugee · 4th Mar 2019, 12:09 am

It is likely to get crushed if it is sent by post.

PJL · 4th Mar 2019, 11:37 am

Don't bin any of it. That is a fairly rare and collectable set and I am sure someone could bring it back to life.

MurphyNut · 4th Mar 2019, 12:02 pm

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Originally Posted by PJL

Don't bin any of it. That is a fairly rare and collectable set and I am sure someone could bring it back to life.

Very true, and as someone said please don't post it, there is a very high chance it will get damaged.....I speak from experience.
I'll make a journey to pick up a radio now rather than leaving to the fate of a postal service.

Megatron · 4th Mar 2019, 7:50 pm

A photo of the chassis. I should think its chances of survival in the post are limited.

Definitely available if someone wants to take it on.

If anyone can collect it and wants it, it can be in Malvern in office hours, Monmouth out of office hours, or I can get it to Chippenham also given more notice.

Herald1360 · 4th Mar 2019, 10:49 pm

If anyone is definitely interested in this, I could pick it up from Malvern on this Wednesday morning or Monmouth on most Sunday afternoons then baby sit it in Leominster or near Ross-on-Wye until the FCS could manage onward travel. It's rather smaller than the pair of speakers I last did this with! I usually go to RWB auctions and I'll be travelling to Devon from Leominster and back in June if that helps with any takers.

I'm not interested in the set myself- I'm not a big bakelite fan.

DangerMan · 5th Mar 2019, 1:14 am

I have a feeling this might actually be the remains of a BAW78, as it shows no signs of either the dropper resistor (or its mountings) or smoothing capacitor that a UAW78 should have.
I cant make out the valve type that is visible, it would be a VP2B for battery or either VP13C/VPU1 for mains... and I can only see the "VP" bit.

By some coincidence one of these has been discussed here previously, and it was in a similar state!

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=84752

Pete

PS I'm trying to talk myself out of a challenge!

Megatron · 5th Mar 2019, 8:19 am

OK I've had a quick look. It has a battery harness coming out the right side of the chassis.
The valve at the back is indeed a VP2B.
This set is slowly growing on me. I might well give it a good polish, fit a new dial, and make a baffle board and fit a speaker,
I think the comment about being kept in a garden isn't far off the truth!

Nickthedentist · 5th Mar 2019, 10:12 am

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Originally Posted by Megatron

I might well give it a good polish, fit a new dial, and make a baffle board and fit a speaker

...and you'd have a lovely ornament if nothing else. Or, dare I say it, fit a Bluetooth module and make it into a very attractive and functional piece, without any guilt

Megatron · 5th Mar 2019, 8:23 pm

That's what I will probably do, now I have seen some stereo 8" speakers somewhere, a single bass unit with two directional mid tweeters. IIRC they're for fitting stereos to classic cars with a single speaker in the rear deck.

Mr Moose · 10th Mar 2019, 2:57 am

Hello,
Should you still want to get rid of the radio I would be very pleased to take it. I could collect as I am only a few miles from Monmouth.
Thanks, Richard

Megatron · 10th Mar 2019, 10:11 am

Hi Richard,

Theres a chap Interested in it in Middlesborough, but a bird in the hand and all that.

It is quite a rare set so definetley worth saving.

I do have some other sets here too I am getting rid of you may be interested in for bits. also have a load of chassis and a working Solartron osciloscope in the back of the truck (now minus valves) destined for the tip this morning if you want any of it free of course. but you will have to be quick. It will all be gone this afternoon.

Megatron · 10th Mar 2019, 8:53 pm

All gone down the Skip now.(not the BAW78)
mods thread can be closed.

3rd Mar 2019, 7:25 pm	#1
Megatron Pentode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Posts: 166	Bakelite radio cabinet identification. Hello everyone. First post and asking for help already! Can anyone identify this cabinet? Saved from the tip because it was undamaged. The set is a basket case but the case will polish up, thought someone must have a project waiting for a case. I thought it looked a bit Ekco-ish? Attached Thumbnails

3rd Mar 2019, 7:36 pm	#2
snowman_al Octode Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Llandeilo, West Wales, UK. Posts: 1,092	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. Welcome and it's an EKCO UAW78 I think... https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/ekco_uaw78_uaw_78.html Alan __________________ Never Leave Well Enough Alone...

3rd Mar 2019, 7:46 pm	#3
Megatron Pentode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Posts: 166	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. Thats it thanks, I thought it looked like an EKCO but couldn't see the model on an image search. If anyone here needs one shout before its put on an online auction. I need the space so its getting a last chance then the tip its beyond easy restoring. The chassis and IF coils are corroded badly speaker missing etc.

3rd Mar 2019, 10:24 pm	#4
Lloyd 1985 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 2,819	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. Ooh, nice find! Definitely Ekco, and one I haven’t got Silly question, is it postable? Regards Lloyd

4th Mar 2019, 12:09 am	#5
Refugee Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 5,553	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. It is likely to get crushed if it is sent by post.

4th Mar 2019, 11:37 am	#6
PJL Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Seaford, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 5,997	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. Don't bin any of it. That is a fairly rare and collectable set and I am sure someone could bring it back to life.

4th Mar 2019, 7:50 pm	#8
Megatron Pentode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Posts: 166	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. A photo of the chassis. I should think its chances of survival in the post are limited. Definitely available if someone wants to take it on. If anyone can collect it and wants it, it can be in Malvern in office hours, Monmouth out of office hours, or I can get it to Chippenham also given more notice. Attached Thumbnails

4th Mar 2019, 10:49 pm	#9
Herald1360 Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 16,535	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. If anyone is definitely interested in this, I could pick it up from Malvern on this Wednesday morning or Monmouth on most Sunday afternoons then baby sit it in Leominster or near Ross-on-Wye until the FCS could manage onward travel. It's rather smaller than the pair of speakers I last did this with! I usually go to RWB auctions and I'll be travelling to Devon from Leominster and back in June if that helps with any takers. I'm not interested in the set myself- I'm not a big bakelite fan. __________________ ....__________ ....\|____\|\|__\|__\_____ .=.\| _---\__\|__\|_---_\|. .........O..Chris....O

5th Mar 2019, 1:14 am	#10
DangerMan Heptode Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 719	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. I have a feeling this might actually be the remains of a BAW78, as it shows no signs of either the dropper resistor (or its mountings) or smoothing capacitor that a UAW78 should have. I cant make out the valve type that is visible, it would be a VP2B for battery or either VP13C/VPU1 for mains... and I can only see the "VP" bit. By some coincidence one of these has been discussed here previously, and it was in a similar state! https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=84752 Pete PS I'm trying to talk myself out of a challenge! Last edited by DangerMan; 5th Mar 2019 at 1:22 am.

5th Mar 2019, 8:19 am	#11
Megatron Pentode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Posts: 166	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. OK I've had a quick look. It has a battery harness coming out the right side of the chassis. The valve at the back is indeed a VP2B. This set is slowly growing on me. I might well give it a good polish, fit a new dial, and make a baffle board and fit a speaker, I think the comment about being kept in a garden isn't far off the truth!

5th Mar 2019, 8:23 pm	#13
Megatron Pentode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Posts: 166	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. That's what I will probably do, now I have seen some stereo 8" speakers somewhere, a single bass unit with two directional mid tweeters. IIRC they're for fitting stereos to classic cars with a single speaker in the rear deck.

10th Mar 2019, 2:57 am	#14
Mr Moose Octode Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 1,043	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. Hello, Should you still want to get rid of the radio I would be very pleased to take it. I could collect as I am only a few miles from Monmouth. Thanks, Richard

10th Mar 2019, 10:11 am	#15
Megatron Pentode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Posts: 166	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. Hi Richard, Theres a chap Interested in it in Middlesborough, but a bird in the hand and all that. It is quite a rare set so definetley worth saving. I do have some other sets here too I am getting rid of you may be interested in for bits. also have a load of chassis and a working Solartron osciloscope in the back of the truck (now minus valves) destined for the tip this morning if you want any of it free of course. but you will have to be quick. It will all be gone this afternoon.

10th Mar 2019, 8:53 pm	#16
Megatron Pentode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Posts: 166	Re: Bakelite radio cabinet identification. All gone down the Skip now.(not the BAW78) mods thread can be closed.