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Builder Magnadyne
Model SV59
Year 1941 about
Bands MW - SW1 - SW2 - Phono
Tubes 6AG8 - 6K7G - EM4 - 6Q7G - 6V6G - 80
Tuning Superetherodyne with MF of 471,5Khz
Power 110-240 Vca
Size 46x35x27
Power audio tube 6V6G
Magic eye EM4

  
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Internal view of the receiver just arrived in my laboratory, note the worts conservation.
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Intenal view of the chassis removed from the furniture, rust everywhere and big damages... (!)

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And now let's start with the restoration! A great job
  

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 The receiver has been disassembled as possible


Note the chassis, the restoration of this radio has been a long and very patience job.
 

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Here all the iron parts cleaned

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And now, after a crazy rewiring here the chassis with its original components


 

 

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Close up picture of the glass tuning scale, the only thing in this radio without great damages, really incredible.
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Detailes view of the tube socket cleaning procedure, these sockets are really a bad contact factory

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 The new power cable, after the restoration.

And now the receiver, when restoration completed, it sounds good!
 


 

 


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