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Okay everybody, here they are. These are the newly repainted RCA Victor mech boards (what the turntable and tonearm sit on) that will be used for my first two restoration / “Chuck-i-fi-cation” projects. First off is the “Petty” board, so named because the serial number on this RCA Victor 45-EY-2 phonograph has a “43” in…

It was a very snowy weekend in Albany, a perfect time for me to work on my RCA Victor 45 RPM phonographs. Right now I’ve got two dissected and disassembled players – a 45-J-2 phonograph which I’m currently referring to as the “Sun” player (for reasons I will explain later), and a 45-EY-2 phonograph with…

Okay, this is the start of the restoration project. As you might recall, this is the unit in its original “purchased from eBay” condition. Note the copious amount of white paint droplets and rust pittings on the baseplate. As you can see from the serial number and information here on the right, this is an…

So I tore apart the first player I received through the mail, using it for spare parts. What you see here is the first RCA Victor 45 RPM player I will attempt to restore. This is a 45-EY-2 player, with a built-in speaker and amplifier in its base. As you can see, the top plate…

You are looking at what has got to be – and I’m being generous on this comment – a wreck. And I don’t blame you for saying that. This is an RCA Victor 45 RPM record player, specifically a model 45-J-2.It was manufactured in the 1950’s at a time when the RCA Victor record company…