Meandering

CatchSomeZs

CatchSomeZs

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American Zeds
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Location
Boston, MA
Model of Z
2000 Z3 2.3 manual
A nice 145 mile run on Sunday. No destination or plan, just meandering wherever the mood suggested. It did include a stop at my favorite flea market and the drop off of an old radio to have it restored. Anyone else here who likes to collect old tube radios?

Dennis
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Beat me to it Mark.=))

Tony.
 
I have countless miles of single track road on my doorstep, an unplanned drive around me is what i like best.

I have a few tube amps, you cant beat them for a warm sound.
 
I imagine driving those roads at your leisure will be fantastic Paul.

Tony.
 
It can get busy mate but mainly A roads.

Tony.
 
Some great roads around here for that kind of stuff jump in the zed and just head off somewhere.

Stephen.
 
Hi Dennis, yeah I've been interested in old tube (valve on this side of the pond) radios since I was 9 years old eventually training as a radio and TV engineer which at 72 I'm still doing in a small way. What age is your radio?
 
Hi Chris,
The one I dropped off to be recapped is an RCA model T-64 from 1940 (see photo). My collection is pretty modest compared to many collectors. I have about 10 radios ranging from about 1935 - 1965. We are fortunate here in Boston because we have a low power non-commercial station in nearby Cambridge, Mass that continuously plays music from the 1940s - 1970s. Great to hear the oldies on an oldie.

Dennis

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Dennis I can remember, although not word for word, the day Kennedy was shot in Dallas. I was a 7 year old and can recollect my Mam crying as the news was read out on the radio late in the evening here in the UK, even though I didn't realize the importance of this at the time I did know it was something big. It was playing on a radio which was powered by a battery which my Dad took to the local garage to be recharged and collected ready for the next one. These days you simply plug it into a USB and there you are ready for tomorrow.;)

Tony.
 
Yes, I remember them being a "Glass" item Dennis and IIRC they were not a "Battery" they were an "Accumalator" over here. When Dad dropped them off at the local garage, if we were lucky, he drove past home to the next village (where I now live, and have done for 42 years) and had a walk down the side of the Fossedyke Canal about 200 Yds from my home.

Tony.
 
That's a fine looking radio Dennis in great condition. Should be as good as new with the caps replaced. You mirror my period of interest too. The old accumulator was a lead acid cell generating about 2.1 volts for the valve filaments, there was also an HT battery 90/120 volts and a grid bias battery, these could not be recharged and were quite expensive.
 
Just thinking about what @t-tony said, most battery radios had fallen out of use by the 50s once people had their houses wired for electricity
 
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