saturn Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I've been cleaning out my dads house since he was in an accident and might not ever get to live home again. Now my dad is a real packrat and has countless antiques and collectibles. He's been an antiques dealer both full and part time since the 60s. Well today I decided to remove a bunch of stuff off an old stereo/record player that I remember being in the house since I was a baby. It's an old Montgomery Wards Airline stereo and still has the tag from the store. Look what was still loaded on the turntable! I wondered what ever happened to this album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 lol!! Great find!...I can still hear New York Groove in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Probably has some great tubes inside it. Sorry to hear about your dad. That has to be tough. My parents are right there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 That thing is classic, I bet it is heavy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thanks for sharing that with us Saturn. I dunno why but I got a little[crying] reading it. I guess because recently we started going through some of my Dads stuff. A very old stereo being one of the items. :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thanks guys. I'm going to get over there tomorrow and see if the thing still works. Some of the other albums inside were Staying Alive and Babara Streisand. You guys would not believe the amount of stuff I have to go through. I guess I have to start selling his stuff to pay medical bills. Might even end up having to give up the house? There's 3 garages, a makeshift awning, a covered front porch, a two story house and several vehicles all crammed with stuff. Some good, some junk. A small sample of old things he has: car parts, electronics, pictues, records, baseball cards, stamps, coins, jewelery, books, magazines, posters, signs, china, furniture, a wooden phone booth, 1930s carousel horse, phones, train sets, memerabilia of almost every kind. I'm going to rent a dumpster and get rid of as much "junk" as possible, although one dumpster probably won't be enough. If he ever gets back home he's gonna flip :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Walrus Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Did I just see a tube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Did I just see a tube? Are you looking at the adapter for stacking 45's on the changer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Are you looking at the adapter for stacking 45's on the changer? That's what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 But here's some tubes I found at his house a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Walrus Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 My parents had a similar stereo, and if memory serves me well that puppy cranked pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Wally - You pinpointed the adapter that lets you play 45's on the changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 saturn, I'm sorry about the situation with your father, I can imagine it's tough. I hope he gets better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Wally - You pinpointed the adapter that lets you play 45's on the changer. Its times like these I'm glad my mom was an antique dealer, LMAO! Sorry to hear about your dad, saturn. Hang in there, hope your pops gets better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Arcadius Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Sorry to hear about your dad man. My best wishes for a quick recovery. Stay tough from your side and do what you got to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellion102792 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Went through the same process with my grandma's house this past summer. She moved into assisted living after living alone since 2003 with worsening Alzheimers, and the house pretty much hadn't been cleaned in decades. We filled two 50 foot dumpsters until they were overflowing, and half of a smaller one with the junk we cleaned out of that house. There were 2 stereo consoles much like this one, though they were solid state and the turntables spun way too fast even on 78 speed (found my dad's Highway to Hell LP, might as well have been "The Chipmunks Sing AC/DC"). They wouldnt exactly fit down the stairs with their size and weight, so I smashed them to pieces with a hammer to bring them out. God that was fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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