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Convenient Combo-Pack;
Specially Designed for Electronic Restoration!

Antique Radio Restoration Volumes 1 and 2:

A Step-By-Step Guide to Old Radio Repair, and Intermediate to Advanced Theory & Troubleshooting.

NEW PRICE: NOW JUST $29.99 for both DVDs! (reduced from $39.99)

Join your host Bret Menassa as he shows you how to electronically restore just about any tube radio. In Volume one, you follow the step-by-step the transformation of an "as-found" 1936 Philco 640 from flea market-find to working, museum-ready collectible. Along the way, youll get basic tube theory, basic receiver theory, and sources for hundreds of old parts and service data. Plus, youll learn to repair Bakelite block condensers, how to repair an original lacquer finish without stripping it, and much more.

Volume 2 picks up where Vol. 1 leaves off, using nearly a dozen DIFFERENT radios to demonstrate scores of intermediate-level electronics repair techniques. Youll better understand many types of radio circuits, from transformer-based power supplies, series sets, capacitive vs. inductive tuning, and how three fundamental principles -- capacitance, resistance, and inductance -- function together to make your vintage tube radio work. Youll have a clearer understanding of how to read schematics, trace the signal through the stages of the radio, align your set either using a signal generator or just by using your ear, how to test all sorts of coils and transformers, how to safely replace old "hot-tail" resistance line cords, plus youll get intermediate tube and receiver theory, and much more!

Go to YouTube and watch a streaming preview of all my videos! Copy and paste the following link into your browser:
https://www.youtube.com/user/bretsoldradios/videos

Brets videos are hands-on, non-technical, geared for the hobbyist not the engineer, and delivered in Brets fun, conversational style. You won’t find another video like these ANYWHERE else! Get the confidence to attempt more and more challenging restorations after watching Antique Radio Restoration Vol. 1 and Vol. 2!

See my other items to bid on a combo pack of Vol. 1 & 2, or to get Special Half-Off Savings on any individual volume in the series. And check out the 16 different patterns of repro radio grill cloth I carry! Email "bretsoldradios at ATT dot net" with any questions.

Vol 1 Runtime: Approx. 115 minutes; full color
Vol 2 Runtime: Approx. 135 minutes, full color

Reviews and Testimonials:

"[You have] a knack for convincing viewers that restoring radios is fun and not that difficult. More than any book, these two volumes and their "You can learn to do this, too!" upbeat attitude will hopefully encourage new collectors to take the restoration plunge. I think that is their greatest contribution."  -Brian Belanger, editor of Radio Age, the Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club newsletter, August 2004 

“For people like me with no formal background in electronics, this is a great way to expand my knowledge about repairing those great old radios. I also thoroughly enjoyed seeing some of the beautiful radios in Bret’s personal collection”  -Randy James, in Sound Waves, the VRPS newsletter

“I cant help but think of Bret as the ‘Mister Wizard’ of radio restoration… (The video) is as entertaining as it is educational… as much an encouragement to enter our hobby as it is a thorough basic education of restoration techniques… I’m compelled to recommend it highly!” -Ron Hensel, Antique Radio Club of Illinois, ARCI News, December, 2004 

"I think [the videos] cover just about every important topic that a beginning-to-intermediate level restorer should know about. All explanations are clear and concise... and in terms that I think most folks will easily understand. (The video) is really an extraordinary value, since it not only covers the theory that the books explain, but also has that up-close and personal feeling that one can only get while watching someone actually poke around inside a chassis. Bravo!"  -Tim Sullivan, Founder, allthingsradio.com

"The video is fun to watch. Bret has a pleasant, laid-back style on screen. The pace is not hurried, but it keeps moving... He packs a lot of information in the 115 minutes... I would recommend it, and look forward to Brets future efforts."  -Eric Steinberg, Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club in Radio Daze Newsletter, August 2004 

"I have just completed watching Volume #2. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT!!!!! Every question I had about fixing radios and didnt know who to ask was answered on the DVD. I have read many books trying to understand how to repair radios. Your video summed up what all those books could not.” --E. Stuckey

"Received and viewed both volumes 1 & 2 and they are well worth the price I paid! Both are well done and chock full of info that would take hours to find in a book, if you could find a book that contained it!” --J. Prisco

“Good news! I completed my first radio alignment. I could not have done it without your help. The video… walked me through it. And I was able to do it without a signal generator!" --C. Drumma 

"I... just finished watching volume one. GREAT! Thats all I have to say. …I remember finishing one (electronics) book, opening up an All American Five and saying to myself, Well, now what do you do? Now I know!" ---B. Jones 

"I know (your videos) will be ones that Ill go back to time and again in the future. You are very articulate and have a good, understandable way of presenting things; the amazing thing was how you only used a volt/ohm meter and no other expensive equipment!" -M. Jensen

"I received my video today and watched the first hour or so. I have one word for you - spectacular! I know how to replace caps and fortunately, that fixes most of those hummers. But your tape has opened some new territory for me! I love old radios so much; this is like watching the World Series!" -Ken R.