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Old 18th Mar 2020, 9:50 pm   #263
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Default Re: Vintage Radios, TVs etc in films and on TV (not anachronisms)

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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki View Post
In the 1970s there were loads of similarly-styled radios about - every market had a stall selling them. Invariably made in Hong Kong, "Ajax" was a generic brand, along with Steepletone, Marc, Harvard, Sonix, Satellite etc.

Some of them were styled to look like military walkie-talkies, with camouflage-green cases. The insides were invariably mundane.
Couldn't agree more, they looked pretty impressive but were naff electrically and performance wise, getting the bullet was a fitting end for that one!.
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