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Old 09-11-2017, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Winky Dink View Post
Apparently the 'basketweave' is a figment of my recollection. I saw in somewhere in Bakelite, but not on these Admirals.
Perhaps your recalling this bakelite basketweave grille Silvertone radio?
https://www.kerstensantiques.com/sil...ars-roebuck-co
They are nice looking radios mine is probably somewhere in the top 10 longest owned radios in my collection.....It may need a re-recaping before it leaves.

Might be interesting to take a cabinet from a derelict example that radio, shoehorn a CRT in behind the dial and build a tube based chassis to drive it.
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