White JVC PC-55 Restored Boombox

JVC PC-55, Japan white Victor branded rare version. Needed a lot of work to be presentable, but I feel I brought this 40 year boombox back to glory. It has got to be the best boombox ever offered in the unusual white colour, right?
Plastics inside are time stamped May '83. I know I said this before but JVC stands for Japan Victor Company - and in Japan the product was offered under just "Victor" along with the His Master's Voice dog logo in front of Victor branding.
This one came to me in need of a lot of attention. Needed to be completely stripped of enclosure and scrubbed clean. Strategic retrobrighting to amplifier top cover and handle to bring it to match. I did not retrobright the fronts of amp or deck or speakers, (all are factory painted pearl white) as there could be damage potentially to brittle plastic or print or the grey amp button inserts Plus, after a good wash they came sufficiently clean to pass visual inspection in my opinion. The shade of the unit is quite consistent after cleaning. I left the speaker drivers original "aged" as well for now, without painting them. I just feel there is nothing wrong with a boombox showing a bit of natural aging.
All functions gone over, interior cleaned, switches cleaned, battery compartment restored, all battery acid damage contained to battery box. Bottom deck plate refinished in black. Original 12v fuse bulb with blue light filter for display lighting. Note, this white PC-55 deck has English text buttons, not Japanese. :-)
You guys like how I timed the power-on with the timing of the Wake Me Up chorus playing on FM radio (...on 3rd take)?
The result is a great and clean looking white PC-55. What do you think?

[@80s_kid.]

Beautiful, and the Display is still perfect with no missing segments. hard to find one now with a perfect display

[@M159KTTR]

Oh man this was the best sounding boom box around & boi was it heavy when loaded with batteries

[@alainduquenois3812]

Très belle mini chaîne portable et de haute qualité un bijoux

[@retroconnoisseur]

Merci beaucoup.

[@wolverine211]

Hello. Thanks for posting your PC-55 videos. Do you know how what type of oil I should use to lubricate the moving parts in the cassette deck area?

[@retroconnoisseur]

Funny enough, I actually lubricate very rarely for some reason. :-). I use a silicone grease that is plastic safe without mineral oils, which can mess up some of the plastics and gears. In this case it's Black Swan. But as noted, even that I apply very sparingly and only when absolutely necessary. A sliver with a toothpick as in my mind it is a potential dirt magnet.

[@carlosh9948]

Hi , I have one of these, the LCD panel has invisible segments, do you know if there is a solution for this?

[@retroconnoisseur]

Working on options and solutions. I'll keep you updated once I figure something out. I have two good possible methods I'm looking at.

[@carlosh9948]

@@retroconnoisseur ok thank you

[@richardpage3237]

hi, unfortunately mine has stopped working anyone know where to get vintage stereos repaired.. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated..

[@markwysong1403]

What quit working on it? I've worked on several of these units.

[@retroconnoisseur]

It's a beautiful unit and worth the effort to repair. I'm working on methods to repair the displays reliably and will share if I come across something good. In the mean time DO NOT THROW THESE OUT!

[@rajendransubbhu6459]

Is this for sale one

[@retroconnoisseur]

This rare boombox took a lot of time and effort to restore, and I'm not thinking of parting with it right now. Thank you for interest.