c100

Over a year ago the long search for a C100F came to a conclusion. The radio below was made possible by a list of Boomboxery members, for which this radio could not have been rebuilt and restored. But for the whole last year it has sat on my shelf, waiting to be restored. It's time came this past...

I haven't been touching boomboxes for a while, but recently I started working on one of my project boxes; a clairtone 7980 I bought 3 years ago. This box looks great, but it suffered some damage from poor packaging because one corner set against the side of the box despite my explicit request to...

I recently decided to try whitening the back panel on my sacred 7980. It was a really dark yellow and figured I had nothing to lose. I ended up with decent results except for a little discoloration. I learned a few things you shouldn't do along the way too... Here's the stuff I used - 40%...

Ahhhhh the sacred C100 cassette door. It's about as rare as the spare tape tray. I've been dreaming of piles of doors lately... a heaping mountain of them. Why are they always missing... and where do they all end up? It's kinda like the mystery of the missing socks. :lol: I’ve given up...