radiola 3, period correct modification

[jbivy]

Originally Posted by Reece

Why not modify it? This one has already been played with, case is wrong, filament knob incorrect, later mica cap under there, who knows what else. Somebody else may be looking for that III-A case, and the regular III case is just a box, easy to make or find. There are still lots of III's and III-A's out there some worse, some pristine so have fun with this one. If there's a way to keep the tube sockets down where they are it would look better.

That my thinking exactly. I was going to hide and mount two chassis mount sockets where the original were, so theyd be sunken in like the o.e ones.

My idea, as i stated early, is to mod this with the factory 20s plans, so it would attain speaker level output. Ive always loved the look of these things and well.. im actually a bit happy that this one is messed with, since then i dont have to go through the cost of buying wd-11's.

Thats a good idea about trying to sell the original case, im sure someone out there with a good stock 3a would be happy to have it. As you said its just a box basically. I could easily build another.

Ive read that these original transformers were rather prone to failing, so that is a minor worry. Though even if it is open, im sure i can find a newer equivalent that would work with it (as long as its hidden, i dont mind using newer parts).