[Mr. Carlson] has a really beautiful old 1949-era radio to restore and you can watch him do it in a comprehensive video, below. We aren’t sure what we were more amused by: the odd speaker that looks ...

With each passing year, more old radios succumb to “passive” death. The tubes may still be working, but paper capacitors dry out and crack open. Electrolytics gum up and short. Carbon resistors and ...