The tale of the little GE 3-5252 B...
My wife and I sometimes go to garage / estate sales as she is always on the look out. A few days ago she saw an estate sale listing with a bunch of pictures and this radio was on a shelf among them all.
The company doing the estate sale required people to sign in at 6:30am. My wife got up early and was 4th on the list
(I was sleeping!)
I was up at 8am, had some coffee, doors opened at 9am.
I looked closely at the pictures online and determined the radio was on a shelf in the garage. When we got there I could see it from the sidewalk.
There were 50 people in the street and we were 4th through the door.
It was going to be about throwing elbo's and that old lady next to me was in the same frame of mind. We rushed the 3 people in front of us and I made a B-Line for the back wall of the garage.
I'm sure that old lady will be fine! :annoyed:
I secured the GE and immediately went into 1980's electronic's patrol mode, scooping up early walkmans, digital watches and cassette tapes.
I heard disappointment from the sidewalk dwellers as I proudly, lavishly exited through the front double doors of the residence, boombox hanging stylishly "At One End" / "The 45 degree Dangle".
("and yes, I was wearing my sunglasses while indoors BABY!"
)
Truth be told :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: ....
THOSE BUTCHERS WOULDN'T
KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS BEAUTY ANYWAYS!
I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE PROPERTY QUALIFIED TO HANDLE THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT :annoyed:
(ummmm filthy beauty)
The good:
All the there, battery door, antenna, knobs, switches, the tape deck even plays
The Bad:
Filthy, Garage radio for many years, switches gummed, no FM
The tear down
The usual sink dunk and clean!
And After....
She came out better than I had hoped.
All switches and knobs cleaned and work to perfection, Tape deck works fine, FM works with clean switch. Sound is nice, warm and expected from this sized radio.
More than anything, I'm happy with it, it's no ground pounder, but a nice example of this model and surely worth saving and documenting.
With it's bigger brother the General Electric 3-5286A
Got to go out with the Before / After video!
http://youtu.be/e53GhncRfQA
My wife and I sometimes go to garage / estate sales as she is always on the look out. A few days ago she saw an estate sale listing with a bunch of pictures and this radio was on a shelf among them all.
The company doing the estate sale required people to sign in at 6:30am. My wife got up early and was 4th on the list
(I was sleeping!)I was up at 8am, had some coffee, doors opened at 9am.
I looked closely at the pictures online and determined the radio was on a shelf in the garage. When we got there I could see it from the sidewalk.
There were 50 people in the street and we were 4th through the door.
It was going to be about throwing elbo's and that old lady next to me was in the same frame of mind. We rushed the 3 people in front of us and I made a B-Line for the back wall of the garage.
I'm sure that old lady will be fine! :annoyed:
I secured the GE and immediately went into 1980's electronic's patrol mode, scooping up early walkmans, digital watches and cassette tapes.
I heard disappointment from the sidewalk dwellers as I proudly, lavishly exited through the front double doors of the residence, boombox hanging stylishly "At One End" / "The 45 degree Dangle".
("and yes, I was wearing my sunglasses while indoors BABY!"
) Truth be told :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: ....
THOSE BUTCHERS WOULDN'T
KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS BEAUTY ANYWAYS!
I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE PROPERTY QUALIFIED TO HANDLE THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT :annoyed:
(ummmm filthy beauty)
The good:
All the there, battery door, antenna, knobs, switches, the tape deck even plays
The Bad:
Filthy, Garage radio for many years, switches gummed, no FM
The tear down
The usual sink dunk and clean!
And After....
She came out better than I had hoped.
All switches and knobs cleaned and work to perfection, Tape deck works fine, FM works with clean switch. Sound is nice, warm and expected from this sized radio.
More than anything, I'm happy with it, it's no ground pounder, but a nice example of this model and surely worth saving and documenting.
With it's bigger brother the General Electric 3-5286A
Got to go out with the Before / After video!
http://youtu.be/e53GhncRfQA
I would like to have that. But this has a battery LED!
