Thank you for sharing this interesting and educational video with us. What a nice looking radio. Why can't they make stylish looking radios like that today?

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

I know what you mean

Really enjoy your videos Michael. Across the pond from you. I lived in Scotland for four years and enjoyed it.

Most Excellent! Thanks for sharing! Wow, that's a trip man 🤣 This take me back to the 1980s when I repaired a few Nordmende Colour TV's. They were extremely reliable back in the day, so it made a nice change to take look at them when they did turn up. I must have repaired hundreds of Nordmende VHS machines back in the day, since they were just JVC's with different front and badge and I worked for the main dealer of Nordmende and almost every brand you can think of down here in the Portsmouth area....

The groovy styling is so typical of Murphy, would have looked great next to my Murphy acoustic deluxe 22" colour TV. with it's bright orange cabinet & chrome swivel stand 😁 These are very rare sets & no doubt pretty valuable.

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

I know the murphy you mean , I think it was called outrageous orange .

@markpirateuk

9 ай бұрын

Yes it was outrageous orange, Murphy also produced them in blue, green & white as well as in teak, I still think they were such a stylish design & had a great picture & sound. @@michaeldranfield7140

very nice radio. Thank you for sharing.

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

No problem , thanks for watching .

The late 60's and 70's had a lot of lifestyle products in various shades of colours. For a while the round bright orange TV's were popular, they also made them in white which turned a cream/yellow colour as they aged. Happier times from a TV repair shop, sadly most have now closed.

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

I remember the black and white TV s with bright coloured cabinets , very collectable now .

Never seen anything like this one! Apparently good quality if it still works!

Thanks for sharing

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

No problem , many thanks for watching .

What a terrific radio Michael , thank you for sharing it with us.

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

No problem , very retro indeed and I would imagine worth a bit of money.

Nice. Looks like something from the set of that old sci-fi show "Space 1999"

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

I loved space 1999 when I was young .

It would have been bang up to date in 69 , the colour's still look fantastic.. Wonder why RBM didn't make it in the UK ?.

Looks almost as if Dieter Rams had some input on it, like the Braun HiFi from the 60s

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

Indeed .

Tuning daily cord restringing what fun that could be , very unusual model there not seen one before

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

It was fun , not ! I had to get a service manual to show how it was done .

you are absolutely right, what a unique styled radio, i’m guessing the style would be called “mod” the year would be about right for this type of styling.

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

I would imagine worth a bit of money also now .

nice looking radio very colorful the one job I hated doing Was tuning strings thanks again Michael😊

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

Years since I last did a dial cord and I never liked them back then either .

I know someone in the trade who used to call them "NO-MEND-IES" . Thanks for sharing Michael !

@mistermikeanson

9 ай бұрын

🤣

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

they nicknamed the TVs no mende also !

I like it

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment .

That’s a nice looking set!

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

isn't it just , quite rare I would imagine also .

I've got a Nordmende radio up in the loft of the garage. Very sure it's the "normal" version of this with a veneered wooden case. I'll have a look tomorrow.

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

Cant just remember now but I think there was different colours of cabinet you could order in the same radio.

@colintinker7778

9 ай бұрын

@@michaeldranfield7140 Mine has a metal badge on the front that has Spectra Phonic and a rainbow printed on it. I guess these did come in different colours. And... it's got a broken tuning cord!

Sold under the Murphy brand but most who had them back in the day, were probably unaware of the build quality of Nordemende. Excellent quality just like the Grundig brand of the 60s and 70s.

@TheDripSpotter

9 ай бұрын

Nordemendy and Grundig kept a lot of Service Engineers busy- quite unreliable but not anywhere near as bad as the French Junk.

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

a lot of stuff was quality back then , not like the un repairable, throw away society we live in today .

I think Wilson Radio service was renamed

@mistermikeanson

9 ай бұрын

Nothing like that any more at Station Yard if you look on Google street view.

It may end up on eBay

@michaeldranfield7140

9 ай бұрын

I wouldn't have thought so the owner seemed very keen to get it repaired but I guess it could end up on e bay one day .