View Full Version : Scored a little Sentinel..


Sandy G
07-29-2012, 06:04 PM
..Model 335P, ystrday at an Antique store. 4-tube AC/potable, clean, works, cute l'il guy. Figure its late prewar/early postwar. Any ideers ?

jr_tech
07-29-2012, 06:18 PM
Photofact on the 'bay ... Is this it? Indeed cute, guessing late 40s- early 50s:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SENTINEL-IU-335PG-335PI-335PM-335PW-RADIO-PHOTOFACT-/320449301303?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4a9c444b37

not affiliated,
jr

update: looked up the Photofact... set 105, folder 9... set 105 is fairly late 1950.

Sandy G
07-29-2012, 06:50 PM
Yeppers, that's it. Don't have many Tooob portables, this 'un just started "Talkin'" to me...Don't guess THAT'S ever happened to any o' youse guys...

jr_tech
07-29-2012, 07:03 PM
Warning! Warning! Warning! Even tube portables can become addictive.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2612/5756197184_364d214974_b.jpg

Lots of collectors don't care for them because of the battery availability problem, but fabricating suitable battery packs can be fun too. :)

jr

Sandy G
07-29-2012, 08:54 PM
Ahh HATE Yew ! (grin) Yr "Refrigerator" & mine are the same "Cream" color.

jr_tech
07-30-2012, 02:02 AM
Yr "Refrigerator" & mine are the same "Cream" color.

Mine is a repaint, as it was really badly scratched up. Krylon "Antique White", I think. Looks ok, but not as good as factory paint. :no:

jr