Greetings everyone.
This is my first post so please do not judge.
I am now restoring my boombox I got from a friend a couple of years ago.
In the first picture you can see it in the condition, that it was when I got it.
Due to the fact that I am an absolute newbie on that whole boombox thing, first thing I did was plugging it in and see what's happening. To my surprise everything works well, the antennas are abolutely straight, lights are working, radio works fine, both cassette-decks work perfectly (as far as I can tell) - simply put some old cassettes in and music came out of that box, nothing is scratching.
Bad things I detected from looking at it: the paper membranes of the speakers on the outsides are torn, the chrome dustcaps in the middle and the "dubbing" knob is missing.
So I started by cleaning it up and adding some dustcaps in the original size:
Looking way better than before!
I don't know what it is, but one can see that the right top-edge is a bit curvy. Maybe I have to take a look whats happening on the inside..
Much dirt was in it, so I decided to clean it up in the first step and to take the torn speakers out.
Now I am lacking of spare parts.
I thought of replacing only the original paper membranes with new ones but they are harder to find than I thought because I want some in a similar color and most are black or grey which would not fit the rest in my opinion.
The speakers themselves are in good condition and working fine
But if anyone has a pair of these for sale in Germany or is willing to ship to Germany, please tell!
Any idea of what those boomboxes are worth today or what I have to do to raise it in value?
Thanks in advance and have a nice day!
This is my first post so please do not judge.
I am now restoring my boombox I got from a friend a couple of years ago.
In the first picture you can see it in the condition, that it was when I got it.
Due to the fact that I am an absolute newbie on that whole boombox thing, first thing I did was plugging it in and see what's happening. To my surprise everything works well, the antennas are abolutely straight, lights are working, radio works fine, both cassette-decks work perfectly (as far as I can tell) - simply put some old cassettes in and music came out of that box, nothing is scratching.
Bad things I detected from looking at it: the paper membranes of the speakers on the outsides are torn, the chrome dustcaps in the middle and the "dubbing" knob is missing.
So I started by cleaning it up and adding some dustcaps in the original size:
Looking way better than before!
I don't know what it is, but one can see that the right top-edge is a bit curvy. Maybe I have to take a look whats happening on the inside..
Much dirt was in it, so I decided to clean it up in the first step and to take the torn speakers out.
Now I am lacking of spare parts.
I thought of replacing only the original paper membranes with new ones but they are harder to find than I thought because I want some in a similar color and most are black or grey which would not fit the rest in my opinion.
The speakers themselves are in good condition and working fine
But if anyone has a pair of these for sale in Germany or is willing to ship to Germany, please tell!
Any idea of what those boomboxes are worth today or what I have to do to raise it in value?
Thanks in advance and have a nice day!
to forum. I agree with you that this SHARP deserve new life.