Radiola Guy's Resources Page

 
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Books and Paper Items
Brochures, Pamphlets & Labels
Links
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Manuals, Repair owners & service
Parts, kits, replacement, Vintage, reproduction, knobs etc
Restoration Supplies

Repairs Info & Restoration Service vintage radio, phono, television & Test Gear

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Parts, Kits, Repro items, Supplies and More

Adams Radio - a great place for early radio specialty parts

Atwater Kent breadboards and more - Larry does a magnificent job of reproducing authentic looking breadboard panels, radio cabinets and other wood parts. He prefers to trade his work for parts etc.

Atwater Kent Repro Lamp Shade - Don makes an authentic looking replacement shade for the early Atwater Kent Lamp.

Batteries, Replacement  Antique Electronic Supply has "B" batteries for 1940's & '50's portable radios (and other vintage battery operated electronic devices.

Batteries, vintage looking  make your own vintage looking batteries for the 1920's radios

Cabinet repairs/restorations

Cabinet hardware:  > House of antique Hardware
                             > Van Dyke's
                             > Kennedy hardware

Capacitors & vintage radio supplies, Bob's: best place to buy your capacitors and other restoration supplies.

Capacitors & vintage radio supplies, Mark Oppat has it all.

Cayce Vintage sound Co. Canvas cloth covering material like the stuff used on Transoceanic's, tube testers and guitar amps, contact  (e-mail only)
117 Sandy La. Cayce, SC  29033.   Phone: (803) 791-0733 

Clock Motors (Pam Electric) replacements  Gasoline Alley Classics

CRT Rebuilding: Hawkeye, talk to Scotty phone (515) 288-8567. Don't bother calling unless you are prepared to pay about $250.00 (21" size) plus shipping both ways. This guy is the only one left  in the US (that I know of) that still does the B&W TV CRT's. Note: I've used Hawkeye's service and used many other re-built CRT's over the last 30 years and this guy does a better job better than any of the others.

Dave's Homemade - kits, info & hard to find parts

Dial scales from RadiolaGuy

    Mark Oppat's  dial  scales

Dial scales & lenses Radio Daze

Dial Covers - West-Tech Services

Dial drive cable (yes the old fashioned heavy bronze stuff) - Adams Radio

Just radios and excellent source for modern replacement parts parts & supplies

Kadette grille work for the Kadette "Jewell"

Knobs: RadiolaGuy has a limited number of some Radiola Knobs.
              Old Time Replications:
Larry Bordonaro
              Antique Electronic Supply

Cabinet Knobs, grommets and other reproduction parts: www.renovatedradios.com

Parts: I have a very limited number of early parts and as a rule don't sell them. I do have a lot of tubes but I must admit no bargain basement prices. If you are seeking something special, feel free to ask. e-mail RadiolaGuy

Parts fabricated & manufactured  "No Job Too Small" specializing in mechanical

Parts fabricated & manufactured  A Specialty Manufacturing and Restoration Company

Playthings of the Past (Gary Schneider) Phone # (216) 251-3714

Philco Repair Bench: Resources and Service Info for the Antique Philco Radio Collector and Restorer

Phono belts, needles and more - Phono Needles, belts. A one stop site for your turntable parts & accessories needs.

Phono needles (stylus/cartridge) for the Audiotronix, Califone, Newcomb and many other record players of the 60's - 70's era.

Phonograph Cartridge Rebuilding, west-tech services

Power supply for you vintage battery radio I use and recommend the ARBE-III, a quality professionally built unit.

Retrowonders.com Offers retro products including vintage Crosley record players, turntable stands, reproduction antique telephones, and movie popcorn machines.

Peebles Originals - fine radio kits and great resource for radio kits, crystal & other radio & radio related projects + hard to find parts

Radio kits - Dave's Homemade another fine resource for kit builders of crystal & other radio & radio related projects

Radio & Television Tubes

Radiola 17 & 18 lamp hood reproduction

Reproduction manuals, pamphlets, brochures, & labels

Radiolaguy miscellaneous page

Radiolaguy Parts & Restoration items

Radiola III/IIIA: Your Radiola III/IIIA capacitors (fuse style they look like a cartridge fuse)  expertly restored to look like old but work like new.  Entire set of five, $30.00 ppd.  Questions? E-mail only; Joe Mente: kf9ry@sbcglobal.net

Radio Daze  ( now - radiosupply.com ) Parts, Repro items, Decals, everything for the vintage radio enthusiast

Radio Supply Company  (formerly Radio Daze) Parts, Repro items, Decals, everything for the vintage radio enthusiast

Rock Sea enterprises (now - Radio Daze)

Old Radio Parts Mark Oppat has lots & lot of parts, supplies and more

Speaker Repair, Grill Cloth & other resources

Television high voltage capacitors

Vacuum Tubes

Arkansas (central  area) full restorations and repairs on vintage tube radios, phonographs and clocks, e-mail Richard Linsley   

Alabama The Old Radio Repair Shop electronic service from the 1930's to the 1970's

Auto radio service

California, Tube Tester service & calibration : Roger Kennedy

California Bay Area: Antique Radio Service, Paul Warenycia E-mail only: tinearpaul@aol.com 

California Television restoration; Amptech Systems all types of vintage television restoration services http://www.amptechsystems.com/links.htm

Connecticut (Northeast area), Antique Radio Service:  Bob Eslinger/KR1U

Idaho, Twin Falls - Jeff Webster - Vintage Tunes Radios restoration service and more.

Indiana - scott@camdenantiqueradioservice.com restoration service and more.

North Carolina - Audio and Tube amplifier service Cary, NC. Vincent Reh / Byron Hill Ltd.

North Carolina (Charlotte),  Rogers radio restoration services,   rogerben@bellsouth.net

Ohio (Dayton area) Toms Antique Radio Repair Tom Senne

Oregon, Lafayette (near McMinnville) Speak Easy Radios Specializing in the Repair & Restoration of Vintage Radios

Oregon, (Portland & Vancouver area) - Burlingame Radio & TV offers service on a variety of vintage products

Tennessee, Murfreesboro Philco Predicta Television Restoration: David Weddington

Washington, Vancouver & Portland, OR area: Blake Dietze - tube type radios only

Washington, Vancouver & Portland, OR area: Pat Hickman - audio equipment, amps, tuners - High-End.

Other Info & Services (not identified by state)

British Antique Telephone repair  - http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/

Catalin Bakelite & other plastic cabinet repairs  Dan Blake, high end items only, don't bother him to repair that Bakelite radio you just purchased on eBay for $30.00.

Cleaning/Polishing Bakelite & Catalin

Coil rewinding/repair - *Speaker driver  repair/re-winding. George Kirkwood: radiogeo@hevanet.com
*1920's horn or cone type (non voice coil speakers only)

Transformer, Coil rewinding and custom transformer design service, contact Ed Dinning with your needs.

Johns Vintage Radios - repair, sales & restoration

Phonograph Cartridge Rebuilding, and other services - West-Tech services specializes in rebuilding of the old 78 rpm crystal & magnetic phono cartridges. Also your source for idlers & many other phono related services.

Meter Repair, tube tester and other panel meter repair service by Branom Instrument Company

            Test Equipment,  and more:
                 Steve Johnson - http://www.antiqueairwaves.com/

                 Chris Hollingsworth - http://oldradios.50webs.com/

West - Tech - offers a variety of services.
 

Audio, Stereo & Hi-Fi
 

Hi-Fi Stereo service/restoration - Washington, Vancouver & Portland, OR area: Pat Hickman - audio equipment, amps, tuners - High-End.

Hi-Fi Interconnects - AudioLineOut.com

 

Auto radio service


Oregon (southern) Auto radio
(Grants Pass area): Classic cars 1932- up.  GM ,Chrysler, Ford,  Packard, Hudson. Expert  stock restorations: Vacuum tube or transistor; No FM conversions. Originals Only. Barry Dalton (Antique Radio Doctor)

Washington, Vancouver & Portland, OR area Auto radio  vintage GM products only service & parts Ray Holland, e-mail: Ray Holland

Washington, Vancouver & Portland, OR area: Blake Dietze - tube type radios only

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Vacuum Tubes:

Tubes I have a limited number of early (1920's) click here.

R5D3 Surplus Electronics: (503) 513-0410

Speakers & Grill Cloth:

Antique speaker replacement flexible cable

Grillecloth.com John Okolowicz's Web-Site for vintage radio speaker grill cloth

Radiola speaker grille cloth replacement (replica grille cloth)

Speaker Repair/Re-Cone service - JaMac  - Portland, OR

Speaker driver repair/re-winding

The Speaker People
antique speaker cones and restoration supplies

Books/value guides on early radio:

Antique Electronic Supply

Antique Radio Classified


radiolaguy's books & paper items for sale

Manuals, instruction & service:


Manuals, Service & Instruction

Canadian Radio Schematics  just radios

Nostalgia Air! Lots of valuable information including John F Rider "Perpetual Trouble Shooters Manuals" on line!

Puett Electronics, phone # (214) 321-0927, (fax)-(214) 327-8721

Radiola & RCA manuals

Superhet Schematics find those rare and hard to find schematics on early "superhets"

Tektronix Manuals    Dean Kidd, e-mail your request

The Manual Merchant
  electronic equipment manuals

Transistor radio books Eric Wrobbel's site dedicated to Transistor radios
 

RCA/Radiola Service Data 1921 - 1950's

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Click here for reproduction manuals, pamphlets, lid labels etc.

Quality copies and reproductions of the original RCA service notes for nearly every consumer model from 1921 to 1954.

Copy service minimum charge is $16.00 plus postage/handling for hard copies. Some may be available for e-mailing or downloads. e-mail your request to Radiolaguy

TV Service Data:


Philco Predicta & Safari

Quality copies of the service data for all three variations of the Predicta's series and the "Safari". Also other Philco paper items available.

Copy service minimum charge is $16.00 plus postage/handling for hard copies. Some may be available for e-mailing or downloads. e-mail your request to Radiolaguy

Philco Repair Bench: Resources and Service Info for the Antique Philco Radio Collector and Restorer

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