Motorola Antique Radios
The brand Motorola is often associated today to mobile phones. But to an antique radio collector, the Motorola brand is totally different. The company was established as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928 by founders Joseph and Paul V. Galvin. The company started in manufacturing battery eliminators. It’s an early form of power converter that enables battery powered radios to run with household electric current. But the device became obsolete, and as a result, the brothers looked for another product to manufacture. Instead of regular radios, they created something even better
–a radio for cars. The product was named Motorola which became the company’s name because of its success.
Motorola never made another radio again until 1955. This rarity has made collectors scrambling for two products Motorola has made
–the 30s car radio and the 50s high powered transistor. Because of the niche Motorola has created during the 30s it became one of the well known brands but also the rarest in terms of transistor radios. The company focused most of their resources on communication radios. The 50s radio of Motorola on the other hand is also a collectors item because of limited manufacturing compared to the 30s where there is very little competition during its production.
Motorola 404 Antique Car Automotive Tube Radio Ford |
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$49.99 | 2d 3h 47m | |
MOTOROLA 5x11u Antique Tube Radio Bakelite Case |
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Old Vintage Antique Motorola Police Car 2-Way Radio |
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$199.00 | 3d 19h 29m | |
ANTIQUE MOTOROLA MODEL 6C26W AM TUBE CLOCK RADIO |
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OLD ANTIQUE MOTOROLA VACUUM TUBE TABLLE TOP RADIO (NR) |
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motorola am antique RADIO vintage a9p62 |
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$34.99 | 24d 5h 46m |
