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How to identify a Vintage Car Radio?

Retro Radio Shop — Reference Guide What Is This Thing? ...

1969 GTO Vintage Car Radio Bluetooth & FM Upgrade

1969 GTO Vintage Car Radio Bluetooth & FM Upgrade
Repair & Restoration Retro-RAD Upgrade Pontiac GTO The Judge Gets an Upgrade: 1969 GTO 92ATB1 AM Radio to FM, Bluetooth & Aux 📅 Ju...

Should You Bluetooth Upgrade Your Antique Radio?

Should You Bluetooth Upgrade Your Antique Radio?
  Opinion- should you Bluetooth upgrade your antique radio? Retro-RAD Upgrade Wards Airline Should You Bluetooth Upgrade Your Antique Radio o...

1968 Chrysler Vintage Car Radio Repair And Bluetooth Upgrade

Vintage car radio repair of bendix 7BC Mopar 376
Vintage Car radio Repair & Restoration Retro-RAD Upgrade Mopar Bendix 7BC / Mopar 376 — Vintage Car Radio Repair & FM/Bluetooth Upgr...

What Is My Antique Radio Worth?

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Retro Radio Shop How to Value an Antique Radio A practical guide to understanding what makes a vintage radio worth more — o...

How To Pack A Vintage, Retro Or Antique Radio

How To Pack A Vintage, Retro Or Antique Radio
How to Pack a Vintage Radiofor Shipping   Ship a vintage or antique tube radio confidently. Learn how to pack a vintage radio safely in 4 eas...

X and Y Safety Capacitors Explained

X and Y safety capacitors.
  X and Y Safety Capacitors Explained Engineers use safety capacitors as critical components to interface the AC mains supply with the radio's ch...

Why Your Vintage or Antique Radio is Humming or Buzzing

Retro Radio Shop Buzzing Antique Radio
The Hum of History: Why Your Vintage Retro Or Antique Radio Is Buzzing Or Humming And How To Stop It Vintage tube radios are marvels of mid-cen...

Power Cord Green Goo - Plasticizer Migration In Vintage Electronics

Power cord green goo antique radio
Ever wondered what that Green Power Cord Goo or Slime on your vintage electronic gear is?   The phenomenon of "green goo" or "green slime" oozing ...

Selenium in the new millennium - How To Replace a Selenium Rectifier

Selenium in the new millennium - How To Replace a Selenium Rectifier
  How To Replace A Selenium Rectifier This Zenith 7h822-Z, also known as the "Triumph", was on the Retro Radio Shop bench recently. Among a few ot...

How To Repair An Antique Radio

How To Repair An Antique Radio

Every want to know How To Repair An Antique Radio? 

The process is similar with all Retro, Vintage or Antique Tube Radios so follow along. Some specialized equipment is used and the following scenario details a typical job that presents itself.