'65 Arvin (Matsushita)

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Here's a neat little Arvin 65K38 portable made in Japan by Matsushita.

This is how it looked as found:


and after a thorough cleaning:


the chassis:


This is the smallest flyback I've ever seen - the donut is the size of a quarter:


The fine tune control turns a toothed belt hooked to the tuner shaft:



She works well after sitting for 30+ years - tuner is dirty and it'll get the paper & wax caps replaced (of course.) I'd never seen an Arvin set of any age, and am glad to have found this interesting little guy.