1940 Westinghouse 556BB AM Table Radio

This Canadian Westinghouse table radio was one of my very first eBay purchases when I joined in the year 2000. In hindsight I probably paid too much, but I was an eBay noob so got a bit excited to find radios online.
The chassis was in relatively good condition, but the cabinet was quite bad cosmetically and also required some gluing of open seams.  The knobs obviously were not original. At least the plastic dial cover was good.
Restoration of the chassis was uneventful and the radio worked immediately after, although it definitely needed an alignment as it was badly out of tune.
After stripping the cabinet, I decided to leave it showing the natural grain. This was mainly due to the fact I had never worked with toning lacquer at that point in time, and didn’t really want to experiment on this unit. Of course it doesn’t look original, but I think quite presentable. Certainly the customer who eventually purchased this from me was extremely happy.
This restoration was done in the spring/summer of 2016, for a total of 18 hours

Before and after images-click on thumbnail for large view:

Cabinet Front
Before Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Front Before

Cabinet Front
After Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Front view-After

Cabinet Front-Top
Before Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Front top Before

Cabinet Front-Top
After Restoration

Westinghosue 556BB Top View-After

Right Side
Before Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Right Side-Before

Right Side
After Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Right side view After

Chassis Front-Top
Before Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Chassis Front Top Before

Chassis Top
After Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Chassis top After

Chassis Underside
Before Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Under chassis Before

Chassis Underside
After Restoration

Westinghouse 556BB Chassis underside-After