The Westinghouse little Jewel

[w2amr]

Check out this yard sale find. The Westinghouse refrigerator radio. It was given as a premium to customers who bought a new Westinghouse refrigerator in the years 1945-1947. It works, but has a loud hum. The filter caps in the P/S will have to be changed.
Here is more about it.http://antiqueradio.org/WestinghouseH-126RefrigeratorRadio.htm

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[N8YX]

Very cool, and a good way to get your brand recognized.

You planning to refinish the case too?

[w2amr]

Very cool, and a good way to get your brand recognized.

You planning to refinish the case too?I'm not sure yet Fred. Maybe just a light cleaning on the metal, then repaint the sides.

[KG4CGC]

Cool find, hard question. Does one refinish the outside or does "patina" mean something? LOL!
Worthy of research.

[K7SGJ]

Neato. I love the old radios. Is the case Bakelite?

[PA5COR]

Bakelite would fit the era it was made in, good find ;)

[WØTKX]

Where's the beer tap?

[w2amr]

Cool find, hard question. Does one refinish the outside or does "patina" mean something? LOL!
Worthy of research.That is is consideration.

[w2amr]

Neato. I love the old radios. Is the case Bakelite?The finish is painted on, so it may be plastic.

[KG4CGC]

Very cool but in the picture, the chips on the finish give one the impression of porcelain. At least from where I'm sitting ... which isn't where you're sitting.

[NQ6U]

Don't refinish it, at least not until you ascertain whether or not there's any collector's value to the thing at all. If so, refinishing will reduce its value considerably.

[N2NH]

That's a beauty. What is the color of the sides?

[w2amr]

That's a beauty. What is the color of the sides?Ivory. They also made them in dark green, light green, and burgundy.

[NQ6U]

Ivory. They also made them in dark green, light green, and burgundy.

What, no avocado??

[w2amr]

What, no avocado??
apparently not.

[w2amr]

Found the Riders for it. :agree:
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel/098/M0024098.pdf