Posted 1 year ago
colaram
(3 items)
I bought this for $20 and restored it rebuilt the cabinet and dismantled the turntable and rebuilt it everything work 8 track AM/FM turntable new speakers
-
Fashion
Fashion Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
-
If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
-
-
Design
Design Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
-
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
-
-
Machines
Machines Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
-
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
-
-
Culture
Culture Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
-
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
-
-
Collectibles
Collectibles Categories
Breaking Vintage News
-
Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
-
American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
-
TurntablesIn recent years, there’s been a resurgence of interest in vinyl LPs, from v…
Eight-Track Players and TapesThe eight-track tape deck and format was conceived in the mid-1960s by Bill…
Love it, quick, somebody dust off the The Village People & KC and the Sunshine Band records.
I vote for some Saturday Night Fever!
Get your shoes on! I am ready for the Hustle, Robot, Bump or the Penguin. Get your feet moving!!!
Gloria Gaynor, Bee Gee's where are you, we are ready!!
I am putting on my shoes right now ! Should I bring my 8 tracks too :-) Gee those were awful in middle of a song it tape would turn so you had a pause and we thought they were so great lol we have come along way but I saw you can't beat the sound of vinyl on the ole turntable . Love it
I should have a Disco party maybe some one could invite John Travolta.
Thanks everyone for the great comments. I thought you all would get a kick out of this.
Great Memories with this post. Thanks for sharing and welcome to CW.
Now all you need is a disco ball that you can hang from the ceiling... :-)
Opps... I should closer.... it DOES have the disco ball... sorry!
These are so cool , I'm glad you saved it .
OMG, I have this same exact stereo. My parents bouht it for me as an early graduation gift, fall 1976, at KMart. I need to replace the 2 small black buttons on top though, that control the lights and ball. Did you have to locate those? It's an awesome stereo, great sound too
Hi Frankie59 no I did not have to replace the 2 buttons. The 2 buttons are a rocking type switch if you go to radio shack they might be able to help you. This one was in pretty bad shape I took the turntable completly apart and cleaned it plus new grease. The cabinet had water damage and I sanded it and covered it with Belbien which is an industrial grade of contact paper but much tougher and way nicer then you buy at the store. I also pulled all the guts out and fixed everthing including making a new bottom out of oak putting wheels under it and trimming the bottom out with stainlees steel. I also made a new grill for the speakers out of 3/4 in. x3/4 in board and covered it with a Mardi Graus printed material. Watch the video of this one on youtube http://youtu.be/VcOdE5BIN8Q