Congratulations on your radio purchase Asad, By your description it sounds like you have an AM (M) and Shortwave (K) radio.
There should be a model name and serial number on the side but because Blaupunkt used paper it may be long gone. Blaupunkt used the same names over the years as they changed from tube-vibrator power supply to tube-transistor power supply to all transistor so a Frankfurt model can be all of these depending on the year. Any replacement tube is readily available with a suitable substitute for the Telefunken but I'm not sure about the vibrator. All the vibrator- driven ones I've worked on have been functional. Does it have a fully detached power supply that would have been mounted in the trunk near the right wheel well? If so, it's vibrator- driven. Going by the '65 year it may have a transistor power supply that is attached to the chassis of the radio by adjustable mounts. This allowed the radio to be used in many applications by moving the power supply below, behind or above the main chassis. The knobs and pushbuttons are tough to find and I know of no reproductions available. I contacted the shop that sells those beautiful ones on eBay to ask about replacement plastic parts and was told that they do not sell them. Send me a picture and I'll see if I can find out any more info. Cheers, Nick Stokes Dub~Tunes radio page: http://homepage.mac.com/stokester/dub_tunes On 4 Aug, 2007, at 06:58, asad ishaque wrote: > Volks! > > I have recently found a vintage VW radio!! Its rare as hens > teeth here and although it seems out of order was a great find for > me especially as I had to negotiate with the owner for long. > > Its Blaupunkt and was probably taken out of a 65 bug. The two > side knobs are missing however. Radio has 5 white sunbaked brittle > push buttons with M, 25, 31, 45 and 60 written from left to right. > > The face plate is chrome and dirty but should clean up good. The > centre screen has 6, 9, 12, 16, M in the first row and 1, 2, 3, 4, > 5, K in the second row. > > Theres a vintage looking round logo with Blaunkpunkt written in > slant at the centre. The brand name is also written in the screen > between the two station lines. The needle is not visible through > the screen and probably broken. > > I searched around on Nick Stokes webpage but could not see such a > model there. A search on thesamba.com also was fruitless. > > Can anybody shed some light here on the radios vintage? Also how > do I go about restoring it. Would make a perfect finishing touch > for my 59 rag!! > > > TIA > Asad > Karachi, Pakistan. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Messenger Café — open for fun 24/7. Hot games, cool activities > served daily. Visit now. http://cafemessenger.com? > ocid=TXT_TAGHM_AugHMtagline > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
