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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 02:42 PM
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Other hobbies/collections.

Being on a Ford Truck forum, we are all somewhat intrested in vehicles/trucks. My question is what are some of your other hobbies?
I'll start. I collect and restore antique radios and television sets. I have over 200 radios and over 50 TV sets.
In addition to that, I also have over 1200 record albums. That is just the 33 1/3 LPs. I have about 500 45's and a few of the 78's. I also have 3 jukeboxes. 2 of them are 1956 AMis and each hold 100 45's. The third one is a Seeburg from the 60's. It was a home unit and holds 50 LPs.

Here is me next to my 1956 Philco.



Here is my 1959 Magnavox. Has the radio on one side and the turntable on the other side.



Here are some of my radios and TV sets in my display room.



This is one of the 1956 AMi jukebox. The other one is identical with the exception of it is black instead of the green.



Feel free to post pictures. Would like to see other's hobbies/collections.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 03:04 PM
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my favorite in my collection is my dads Distinguished Flying Cross,,,,wish i knew what he did,,,,growing up had many stories not sure which one it was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disting...le:Dfc-usa.jpg
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 03:53 PM
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Cool Collection of old radios and tvs

I used to collect the old GI Joes and Die Cast trucks, but have sold off most of them..

Also have baseball and non baseball cards that are not worth much, but still fun to look at..

No pictures of any of them...
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by slimbo13
my favorite in my collection is my dads Distinguished Flying Cross,,,,wish i knew what he did,,,,growing up had many stories not sure which one it was Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slimbo that would be interesting to find out..

I am sure the info is out there for such a special award..

Check out this site..

Start Your Military Service Record (DD Form 214) Request

I also found the Distinguished Service Cross society

Honor Roll « DFC Society

Maybe your Fathers name is there


Let us know what you find..
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 04:17 PM
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heres what i got Submit requests for Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard awards by mail to:
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Retired Records Section
Room 5409
Attn: PERS-313E
9700 Page Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63132-5100 thanks for the help
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 04:19 PM
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Well that's a start...

Maybe worth the effort
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 04:29 PM
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im going to check further tomorrow,,, thanks for your help Don
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 04:31 PM
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Your welcome..

It would be worth hearing the story of his heroic deeds that got him the award
 
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I've got a few antique radios...my favorite is a 1948 Philco Hippo...similar to this one...

http://radioattic.com/old/sold_radio...ppo_(1948).jpg
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 05:43 PM
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Looks like something wrong with your link Ken, but I don't mind..

I get this error..
 
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 05:47 PM
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That's strange...I get a picture of the radio.
 
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Maybe it's my browser acting up..

I just tried Internet explorer and got the same results
 
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Or...maybe it's wishful thinking on your part!!!
 
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I can get to the website if I type it in myself, but not from the link
 
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WOW She really does get around, I collect old apple peelers and crimping stuff , my latest one is an old Olive can crimper also latched on to a cherry pitter , Sorry no pics yet but coming soon.
 
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