Name that radio

[p15estep]

Cleaning out an old building today and found these 2 radio's, they look to be from back in the late 40's- early 50's. How's a good way to find what they belong to. Is there a web site to look up old radio's.

TrueTone model D-4118 2 knobs and no buttons, i think it's a truck radio

MoPar model 824 2 knobs and 7 buttons

any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks

[Plymouthy Adams]

don't see a picture but am thinking the 824 is used in the 54 Plymouth..maybe a year earlier or a few years later...

[p15estep]

Tim, here's the picture of those radio's. the one on the left is the truetone, one on the right is the MoPar.

[Norm's Coupe]

The Truetone looks like a truck radio to me. Looks like the other radio has AM/FM on it. Don't believe they made car radios with AM/FM on the dial until the late 50's early 60's.

[Plymouthy Adams]

No FM on the dail ...that is the function/station numbers...and there are no CD emblems..so it is pre-54 not sure if can be a 53..is all the guts in that thing or is it a "head" the high line radio in the 53 has the bottom left button as OFF..

[p15estep]

Yah, it's all tubes and such inside and the bottom left button is the off button. so then it's a 1953 Plymouth/ Dodge car radio perhaps? as for the other radio, it looks like it might be a truck radio, maybe a little older then the mopar. Any ideas about which make or what years.

[oldmopar]

The Truetone would a replacement or aftermarket item. Truetone was a store brand like sears used allstate Not sure but it may have been montomery ward or western auto store brand

Ed

[p15estep]

That explains it. thanks

[Bob comtois]

If you can find a model number try to look it up here,http://www.nostalgiaair.org/ Click on the resource link and all manufactures list will open,then look for the model number. it will give you the year it was made and the schematics. Good Luck

[p15estep]

Thanks, i will do that.