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Old 06-19-2017, 06:47 PM
ZenithDude88 ZenithDude88 is offline
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Originally Posted by decojoe67 View Post
Thank you. Being the car buff that I am I know all about the Auburn automobile. True classics. Anything is possible as far as the radio goes and it also could be connected with Auburn New York. Likely there wasn't a whole lot of thought as to choosing that name. Someone was possibly thinking of the car because it evoked something up-scale. I've seen slews of interesting names molded in similar bezels for these sets and I highly doubt that they point to the origins of the sets. In the day these were very low-end $10 radios likely sold in small department stores.
PS - Interestingly enough the "Auburn" spelling on the radio is done in the style of the automobile's logo!
http://auto-logo.info/logo/auburn6.jpg
Well There we go, all the more reason to suspect that the radio might have a connection with the Auburn car company, by the way, I have family that lived in the Auburn and Garrett area of Indiana and I just thought it was kind of interesting that the radio said Auburn on it.

Another interesting thing is that my cathedral radio I have was made in Indiana which is where I live and it uses parts that were made by CTS here in Elkhart, Indiana where I live and I just thought that was rather interesting that the radio was made in Indiana and has managed to stay in Indiana all its life.
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