Joe Millward's Attic
"Selling radios at the Radio Attic since August 2017"
Western Air Patrol "Royale" (1932)
(wood tube table radio w/SW)
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 Up for sale we have a rare Western Air Patrol "Royale." WAP radios were made at the Gilfillan factory in Los Angeles and sold on the west coast through Western Auto Supply stores. For the east coast stores, they were marketed as Truetone and came out of the Gilfillan factory in Kansas City. The relationship between the two locations was very complicated and lengthy to go over here, simply two different makes of radios sold by the same company. Gilfillan made a lot of the chassis for them, but they also used other companies as well, all of them working out of the Gilfillan factories as the Gilfillan Brothers had rights to use the RCA patents for Superheterodyne radios. Other companies could build super-hets as long as they were made in the Gilfillan factories under their supervision. The Royale is a five-tube, two-band (AM,SW) radio. We replaced all of the capacitors with new equivalents. The resistors and tubes were checked and replaced where needed. A new power cord, safety fuse, audio input cable and antenna lead were installed. The radio performs well with good fidelity and volume through a six-inch speaker. The band switch and tone control are located in the back. Gary did a fantastic job stripping and refinishing this unique cabinet to a gorgeous "piano" lacquer finish. This is the first "Royale" to be sold on the Radio Attic. You can have this rare radio in your collection in a matter of days! 15-1/2"W x 9-1/2"H x 8"D. $495.00. (1600569)
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_more.jpg "Western Air Patrol \"Royale\" (1932)") |
Up for sale we have a rare Western Air Patrol "Royale." WAP radios were made at the Gilfillan factory in Los Angeles and sold on the west coast through Western Auto Supply stores. For the east coast stores, they were marketed as Truetone and came out of the Gilfillan factory in Kansas City. The relationship between the two locations was very complicated and lengthy to go over here, simply two different makes of radios sold by the same company. Gilfillan made a lot of the chassis for them, but they also used other companies as well, all of them working out of the Gilfillan factories as the Gilfillan Brothers had rights to use the RCA patents for Superheterodyne radios. Other companies could build super-hets as long as they were made in the Gilfillan factories under their supervision. The Royale is a five-tube, two-band (AM,SW) radio. We replaced all of the capacitors with new equivalents. The resistors and tubes were checked and replaced where needed. A new power cord, safety fuse, audio input cable and antenna lead were installed. The radio performs well with good fidelity and volume through a six-inch speaker. The band switch and tone control are located in the back. Gary did a fantastic job stripping and refinishing this unique cabinet to a gorgeous "piano" lacquer finish. This is the first "Royale" to be sold on the Radio Attic. You can have this rare radio in your collection in a matter of days! 15-1/2"W x 9-1/2"H x 8"D. $495.00. (1600569)
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