Resources

General: 

Audio & Hi-Fi
Auto radio (vintage GM products only) service & parts
Cabinet repairs/restorations Plastic, Catalin & Bakelite
Cleaning/Polishing Bakelite & Catalin
Coil repair/re-winding
CRT Rebuilding
Books and Paper Items
Brochures, Pamphlets & Labels
Links
Manuals, Service & Instruction
Parts, Vintage
Parts, Batteries, etc. -  New & Replacement
Parts, Fabricated, Reproduction
Parts, Knobs, custom reproductions
RCA Service information
Restoration Supplies
Repairs/restoration Catalin, Bakelite & Plastic cabinets
Repairs & Restoration Service vintage radio, television & Tube Testers
Reproduction manuals & labels

Retro & Reproduction Radios, Phono's & related items
Philco service information
Phonograph:
89t stylus/cartridge
Phonograph Cartridge Rebuilding,
west-tech services
Reproduction Pamphlets
Service Data/Schematics
Transformer rewinding/reproduction
Speaker Grill Cloth & other resources
Speaker driver repair/re-winding
Superhet Schematics
Something to Sell:
You Have an Item to Sell
Vacuum Tubes:

Antique Electronic Supply (AES ): a one stop source for tubes, parts, literature, repro knobs, vintage radio batteries and other vintage restoration parts & supplies.

Batteries, replacement  for 1940's & '50's radios (and other vintage battery operated electronic devices.

Capacitors & vintage radio supplies, Bob's: best place to buy your capacitors and other restoration supplies.

Cabinets and cabinet parts (reproductions) for Philco cathedral radios:  Dick Oliver, e-mail: dolivears@aol.com (574) 537-3747

Catalin parts and knobs:  Paul Pontrello

Catalin parts and knobs:  Kris Gimmy phone (803) 649-9795, 5-10 pm eastern time.

Cayce Vintage sound Co. Canvas cloth covering material like the stuff used on Transoceanic's, tube testers and guitar amps, contact  (e-mail only)
117 Sandy La. Cayce, SC  29033.   Phone: (803) 791-0733 

CRT Rebuilding: Hawkeye, talk to Scotty phone (515) 288-8567. Don't bother calling unless you are prepared to pay about $250.00 (21" size) plus shipping both ways. This guy is the only one left  in the US (that I know of) that still does the B&W TV CRT's. Note; used Hawkeye's service and used many re-built CRT's over the last 30 years and this guy does a better job better than any of the others.

Dial scales from RadiolaGuy

Dial scales & lenses Radio Daze

Dial Covers - West-Tech Services

Dial Lenses (Glass, use clock glass) R&M Imports or Klockit.com

Hi-Fi Interconnects - AudioLineOut.com

Just radios and excellent source for modern replacement parts parts & supplies

Kadette grille work for the Kadette "Jewell"

Knobs: RadiolaGuy has a limited number of some Radiola Knobs.
              Old Time Replications:
Larry Bordonaro
              Antique Electronic Supply

Knobs, grommets and other reproduction parts: www.renovatedradios.com

Pancake Fan switch knobs

Parts: I have a very limited number of early parts and as a rule don't sell them. I do have a lot of tubes but I must admit no bargain basement prices. If you are seeking something special, feel free to ask. e-mail RadiolaGuy

Parts fabricated & manufactured  "No Job Too Small" specializing in mechanical

Playthings of the Past (Gary Schneider) Phone # (216) 251-3714

Philco Repair Bench: Resources and Service Info for the Antique Philco Radio Collector and Restorer

Retrowonders.com Offers retro products including vintage Crosley record players, turntable stands, reproduction antique telephones, and movie popcorn machines.

Radiola 17 & 18 lamp hood reproduction
            Reproduction manuals, pamphlets, brochures, & labels

Radiolaguy miscellaneous page

Radiolaguy Parts & Restoration items

RadioShack.com Radio Batteries: and Antique Electronic Supply has an excellent supply of most of the batteries used in the portable radios of the 40's & 50's era.

Radiola III/IIIA: Your Radiola III/IIIA capacitors (fuse style they look like a cartridge fuse)  expertly restored to look like old but work like new.  Entire set of five, $30.00 ppd.  Questions? E-mail only; Joe Mente: kf9ry@sbcglobal.net

Radio Daze  Parts, Repro items, Decals, everything for the vintage radio enthusiast

Rock Sea enterprises (Radio Daze)

Television high voltage capacitors

Arkansas area (central) full restorations and repairs on vintage tube radios, phonographs and clocks, e-mail Richard Linsley   

Alabama area The Old Radio Repair Shop electronic service from the 1930's to the 1970's

Audio and Tube amplifier service Cary, NC. Vincent Reh / Byron Hill Ltd.

Auto radio (Vancouver, OR. area) vintage GM products only service & parts Ray Holland, e-mail: Ray Holland

Auto radio (Grants Pass area, southern Oregon): Classic cars 1932- up.  GM ,Chrysler, Ford,  Packard, Hudson. Expert  stock restorations: Vacuum tube or transistor; No FM conversions. Originals Only. Barry Dalton (Antique Radio Doctor)

California Bay Area: Antique Radio Service, Paul Warenycia E-mail only: tinearpaul@aol.com 

Catalin Bakelite & other plastic cabinet repairs  Dan Blake, high end items only, don't bother him to repair that Bakelite radio you just purchased on eBay for $30.00.

Catalin Cabinet repairs  parts & knobs:  Paul Pontrello

Charlotte, NC: Rogers radio restoration services,   rogerben@bellsouth.net

Clock motor repair/rebuilding, the small electric motors used in Telechron, Synchron and others, contact Richard Warburton, Skykomish, WA  (360) 677-2254

Coil rewinding/repair - *Speaker driver  repair/re-winding. George Kirkwood: radiogeo@hevanet.com
*1920's horn or cone type (non voice coil speakers only)

Johns Vintage Radios - repair, sales & restoration

Northeast area (Connecticut), Antique Radio Service:  Bob Eslinger/KR1U

Phono needles (stylus/cartridge) for the Audiotronix, Califone, Newcomb and many other record players of the 60's - 70's era.

Phonograph Cartridge Rebuilding, west-tech services specializes in rebuilding of the old 78 rpm crystal & magnetic phono cartridges. Also your source for idlers & many other phono related services.

Philco Repair Bench: Resources and Service Info for the Antique Philco Radio Collector and Restorer

Power supply for you vintage battery radio
I use and recommend the ARBE-III, a quality professionally built unit.

Toms Antique Radio Repair Tom Senne

Tube Tester service & calibration : Roger Kennedy

Vancouver, WA: Blake Dietze - tube type radios only

Transformer Services  

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Ed Dinning builds; replicas, very similar in size to the originals, email: eddinning@boltblue.com.

Peter Dahl rewinds them, email: pwdco@pwdahl.com
 

Vacuum Tubes:

Antique Electronic Supply

Dailey Electronics: (360) 896-8856

R5D3 Surplus Electronics: (503) 513-0410

Tubes I have a limited number of early (1920's) click here.

Speakers & Grill Cloth:

Antique speaker replacement flexible cable

Grillecloth.com John Okolowicz's Web-Site for vintage radio speaker grill cloth

Speaker Repair/Re-Cone service - JaMac  - Portland, OR

The Speaker People
antique speaker cones and restoration supplies

Books/value guides on early radio:

Antique Electronic Supply

Antique Radio Classified


radiolaguy's books & paper items for sale

Manuals, instruction & service:


Canadian Radio Schematics 
just radios

Manuals, Service & Instruction

Infotronix
one of my best an sources for schematics and service manuals

Nostalgia Air! Lots of valuable information including John F Rider "Perpetual Trouble Shooters Manuals" on line!

Puett Electronics,
phone # (214) 321-0927, (fax)-(214) 327-8721

Raymond Sarrio Company
electronic equipment, instruction & service manuals

Superhet Schematics
find those rare and hard to find schematics on early "superhets"

Tektronix Manuals    Dean Kidd, e-mail your request

The Manual Merchant
  electronic equipment manuals

Transistor radio books Eric Wrobbel's site dedicated to Transistor radios

Tube Tester Manuals Michael Marx (SND sales) as you might expect, these folks specialize

RCA/Radiola Service Data

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1921 - 1940's

Click here for reproduction manuals, pamphlets, lid labels etc.

Quality copies and reproductions of the original RCA service notes for nearly every consumer model from 1921 to 1954.

Copy service minimum charge is $16.00 plus postage/handling for hard copies. Some may be available for e-mailing or downloads. e-mail your request to Radiolaguy

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TV Service Data:


Philco Predicta & Safari

Quality copies of the service data for all three variations of the Predictas series and the "Safari". Also other Philco paper items available.

Copy service minimum charge is $16.00 plus postage/handling for hard copies. Some may be available for e-mailing or downloads. e-mail your request to Radiolaguy

Philco Repair Bench: Resources and Service Info for the Antique Philco Radio Collector and Restorer


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