Vintage Westinghouse Model H126 Refrigerator Tube Radio

http://www.opamerica.com Presenting a vintage Westinghouse Model H 126 Refrigerator Tube Radio. Measures 9" inches high and is 6" inches wide. Made of metal with brown plastic (bakelite?) knobs. When I plugged it in, I heard static after a few moments. I was able to pick up a few stations. I saw two screws on the bottom. I'm assuming they are for an antenna. Some scuffs and scraps on the cream colored paint. The bottom has a sticker with the model number and manufacture.

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• Vintage
• Westinghouse
• Model
• H126
• Refrigerator
• Tube
• Radio
• Opamerica

[fox45rpm]

Wow! This was my first radio. I remember hearing a lot of great rock n'roll on this American made gem.

[folsomtiefighter]

ok...lol...nevermind...I just saw your other video describing the radio...thanks for some great videos! :)

[folsomtiefighter]

I'm sitting next to my Little Jewel right now. :) I remember thgis radio always being somewhere in the house when I was growing up. I turned it on when I was a kid and I thought it was broken...then I notied the amber glow getting brighter and brighter and out came the am voices and tunes. I thought it was so cool. I don't know the history of this little radio. Can you tell me a little about it?

[steve89z]

called the little jewel? giveaway when you bought refrigerator 1948?

[paullo5959]

Very cool little radio. It really does look like a refrigerator from that era. Thanks for posting

[inkey2]

I had one of these in an ugly, depressing, deep green. I sold it years ago

[ednorandrewrowe]

Hey, he skipped over the Christian station. A miracle radio still works, shoulda given God some props. Hey, no kid today can understand why a radio took THAT LONG to warm up... Course with lotsa startup stuff & huge programs nowdays their computer takes longer to BOOT UP>

[hop328]

very nice made around 1938-1948.

AM Radio still has it..

[douro20]

I wanted to get one for Christmas last year and the first time I saw one was on EBay. They have one at one of the Spangle's (local restaurant chain) and it turns out they are quite a bit smaller than I thought.

[TheNauseator]

Vacuum tubes take a loooong time to warm up. Cool :)

Nice radio. It still receives full range of the AM band. The circuits are in good shape.