1930's Car Radio in tip for 80 years still works

Car radio that had been in a tip for 80 years gets tested and still works.

[@theradiomechanic9625]

Valve Radios are Sooooo forgiving. I have two of those voltmeters branded "Micronta" sold by Radio Shack in the U.S. Thanks for sharing.

[@CPorter]

love to heard what that'd sound like hooked up to a 30s amplifier, playing something from the 30s.

[@richardvg7670]

i know that's why I want to get an am modulator transmitter so I can play old radio shows off my phone or a cd player to the old radios and be almost like listening to the old radio shows and programs back when they were on the regular air

[@CPorter]

@@richardvg7670 Radio shows, as in those that are talking more than anything, aren't going to do full justice, you need to play the actual songs from the time, perhaps broadcasts by the bands of the time doing better.

[@junefranklin458]

this is like what gaming pcs were to people from the 1930s, people used to make hobby radios and stuff, thats where shops like radio shack came from, basically same niche as those pc parts shops

[@KeyboardBuster]

No way James Franklin! This is as big to people in the 30s as an HD 48" plasma flat panel TV was to people in the early 2000s.

[@saxongreen78]

WWWWO-O-O-OW! This radio has come HOME - you really made my day. Thank you.

[@JakePickett-mz7lg]

Very interesting to hear some broadcasts from the 1930's some of thr music sounds very similar yo music you would hear today amazing

[@TheArtofEngineering]

They don't make em like they used to!!!! Sounds fine indeed!!!!

[@devintariel3769]

3:23 ah yes looks like something I made in high school electronics class.

[@p8ryot]

I imagine those vacuum tubes needed to be replaced often due to the bumpy roads of the day.

[@SpiralMoss]

You're a master craftsman, I'm useless at electronics.....all plants with me. I love when people are able to fix old vintage radios and clocks...

[@gavinmillar7519]

That is amazing. What a find. Good for you mate!

[@VK2UAL]

Good Day David, The Valve Whipper lol you have some very eclectic gear just lying around. Thank for the great video and keep them coming Please. Richard vk2ual

[@ralphbenites1819]

Very interesting 🤔 neat to see all the components still intact all these years when I was growing up in my neighborhood our neighbor used to repair tv set’s radios and sterios in his garage 📺📻

[@bobmarker6812]

What a great find! Thanks for sharing!

[@Rebel9668]

By the wording of the title I knew it had to be British, but I still don't know what a tip is over there in that usage.

[@vk3ase]

A tip is a rubbish dump, junk pile and such.

[@KeyboardBuster]

Rebel it's their crusty tea sulrping way of saying dumpster or whatever, bin.

[@mikemallen9378]

Fantastic, many thanks for posting .

[@melloangelwolf8611]

Interesting hearing modern stuff on a vintage radio

[@KeyboardBuster]

I consider it grossly inappropriate.

[@Duckcalculator]

@@KeyboardBusterAs if we can time travel brother? 😂

[@moodyga40]

love this old stuff

[@Dan40049]

Most interesting. Thanks.

[@radioaustralia5070]

Great vid, I enjoyed that.

[@Dg-zj6jo]

wow what a lovely thing

[@arminsa9756]

Sounds great😊

[@vancouverman4313]

Interesting how its a mix of American and British manufactured parts. Never seen that before. Sprague capacitors and a 41 tube in the output. 41 power pentode tubes were common in the output of 1930's American and Canadian radios.

[@KeyboardBuster]

Vancouver man, there are no such thing as "Canadian radios" because the Canadians didn't invent shit and coppied or stole everything they got.

[@beakytwitch7905]

Awesome !

[@valtat8423]

Bravissimo !

[@robertdarbymusic]

How was it brought to your attention?

[@pcno2832]

That's one cool radio. Do the low numbers on the dial indicate that it's the LW band? I wonder if the chassis was shock mounted to avoid throwing off the tuning capacitor; it's rare to find old car radios that are not slug-tuned . In what kind of "tip" could this survive 80 years? It must have been protected from the weather. Thanks for posting.

[@vk3ase]

It only tuned the MW band and the dial is zero to one hundred, maybe they thought kilocycle thingies on the dial would be to complex for drivers to understand. Most Australian radios from the late 30's to 1970's actualy had all or most of the station call signs on the dial mostly divided by state and designated by a number and the 2 letter call sign listed. The number of stations was quite static over that time a bit over 100 till FM and new AM stations appeared from the late 70's due to Govt thinking that was not as much into keeping competition out for the established Players. There were some colourful and large dials. Some car radios only had one states stations on them that could be changed if you moved interstate.

[@viperbot5311]

Awesome

[@AdamSWL]

Most taining' indeed. Thanks Dave. Thank goodness the modern music didn't make the set self immolate!

[@Art7220]

Yeah, but there wasn't any Mumble Rap or Limbaugh or Alex Jones. That might've did it.

[@KeyboardBuster]

From being gorcefed modern shit music, I'm sure that radios heart is broken. Sometimes the hurts only show on the inside.

[@gerhard6105]

Nice vid and you did a great job. A question: can any control unit be attached to such an old car radio? I can buy a Philips car radio from late 1930's, but the control unit is missing. I am from the Netherlands, where Philips comes from.

[@KeyboardBuster]

I think you can Jerry rig a way to turn the rods, attach knobs and turn the tuning capacitor and volume blind without the control head.

[@cristianosar]

very Nice! are these tubes glowing Blue inside the Shields?

[@vk3ase]

Hope not, would probably mean something was wrong.

[@VK3CSJ]

You have a green thumb when it comes to old valvie radios Dave....you should clean it right up now and place it into a clear perplex case for demonstrations.....as you were tuning "the dial" you should've had an old branch mission playing then as you tuned through the bottom part of the tuning range be suddenly surprised by the reception of a old 160 mission cast....;)

[@traxonwax]

Clint Jeffrey like one of those Part 15 type stations.

[@moviestudioland]

I don't think you should be touching the B+ on the plates? Might get a nasty shock. nice demo.

[@arthurgonyeajr4231]

Interesting tuning dial. I assumed the numbers would run 540 to 1560 because it was assumedly AM, but they run 0-100. Also had to look up “in the tip” British slang, which apparently means “in the rubbish bin” Anazing that it still works. Imagine travelling back in time to the 1930’s and have that radio play today’s music. I cam only imagine the shocked reaction!

[@KeyboardBuster]

The gold teef wearing monkies who "sing" cRap "music" wouldn't be shat out of their momma's for many decades when these radios we're new

[@KeyboardBuster]

The British have all kinds of stupid ways of saying a normal word.

[@vsvnrg3263]

fascinating. i'm wondering where the spider webs are. that is, if it hadn't been opened prior to this video.

[@vk3ase]

As the screws were rusted in and requied a lot of effort to remove them i doubt it had been opened for decades.

[@vsvnrg3263]

@@vk3ase ,where do you think it was stored that there were no spiders or insects around to infest the insides? there were no traces of spiders or insects inside the ww2 radio you found in the nt either. spiders or no spiders, this radio is an amazing find. lovely sound too. my uncles were into radios in the 30's. i found one of their home built projects in my nana's shed. i was allowed to dismantle it. i was amazed that when i unrolled a home-made capacitor, both the wires from either end just came to dead ends. that radio was full of old spider remains.

[@devintariel3769]

@@vsvnrg3263 Climate is a big factor.

[@vsvnrg3263]

@@devintariel3769 ,i think it may have spent years in the back of a cupboard in a spare room rather than in a shed or outside. i've wrongly assumed it was stored where there might be insects and things.

[@E-Box]

@@vsvnrg3263 Those are locations where spiders thrive.

[@footrotdog]

Ha! Brilliant!

[@gaborandrassy7287]

In an 1934 feature film a poor girl gets a 12 cylinder Horch cabriolet as anonymous present. At the first night she listen to the waltz "we drive the car of the fairy tale through silver forest and diamond dust..." on same radio set: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l52rinSemMuIaJI

[@SubTroppo]

If any of today's consumer electronics works in 80 years after minor repairs "I'll go to the foot of our stairs" (Pommy Midlands expression). ps Winner, winner - chicken dinner!

[@marcse7en]

"Hello children" ... That's a very odd way to greet a brand new 61 year old viewer, I must say, and I doubt many children will be watching? Confused! ... Have I strayed on to a children's electronics channel? There is no way that's been on a tip for the best part of a century! It would've crumbled to dust, and been caked in filth.

[@WaziFux]

8:20

[@timothystockman7533]

I bet you're glad everything isn't DRM.

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

Please tell us that You have taken out the bad caps. I know it is very bad practice leaving bad caps in serial with a good one. Would be a shame if You get harmed by shorting electrics. Or Your equipment. Otherwise it was nice watching that old thing go.

[@robertoler3795]

fine business WB5MZO