Motorola - Model 60xw Wood Radio

March, 2006

Symptoms:

• Radio doesn’t work
• Entire cabinet badly scratched & poor condition
• Speaker grill cloth damaged
• Speaker cone damaged

Mechanical Repair:

• Cleaned and stripped entire cabinet
• Coated with Old English
• Cleaned chassis
• Repainted black trim on cabinet
• Replaced speaker grill cloth
• Installed felt pads on front knobs
• Cleaned & lubricated tuning capacitor 

Electrical Repair:

• Replaced bad 35Z5 and missing 50L6 tubes
• Replaced 12SA7 metal with glass tube
• Replaced filters capacitors with pair of 22uf, 450v
• Replaced .01 coupling capacitor
• Replaced damaged power cord and grommet
• Replaced dial lamp
• Repaired speaker cone     

Notes:

• Purchased on eBay for $18.00
• Donated to charity

Before and After...

These old wood radios are plentiful, and cheap, on eBay. This one was picked up for $18. But they're usually in this kind of condition. Very poor cabinet , with lots of wear, and they usually don't work!

At left, after restoring, it looks pretty good for a radio built in the late 30's or early 40's.