Sparton Radio

[bricktop]

Hi all,

I don't do much in the tuner forum, but here it goes anyway. My dad recently picked up an old Sparton Radio from I don't know where, and he wants me to fix it up to operational condition. I looked all over the internet and found a lot of info about Sparton Radios, but nothing about this one. He looked all over it, but couldn't find a model number, maybe it got rubbed off somehow. Does anybody recognize it?...or better yet, have a schematic for it too? What kind of reputation does this one have?

I don't have it in front of me but will soon when he brings it up this weekend.

thanks in advance,
-bt

edit: pics removed so they can be relocated to 'Antique Radio Forum'

 

[Sandy G]

Looks to be a reasonably well preserved console from the late '30s or '40s. IIRC, Sparton made it into the TV era. I've seen quite a few of their radios on The Bay.7 or 8 tubes-it wasn't "The Best", but it wasn't an el-cheapo, either, looks like it has a pretty respectable speaker, once you have someone check it out, it should have pretty decent sound. I WOULD NOT "plug it in & try 'er out"-that's a sure way to damage one. More than likely, it will need to have several, if not all, capacitors replaced.