Philips

This was one of Philips better designs from the early 1950s.

Radio Museum lists the Mistral Four 138 as being released in 1953 when it cost the quite expensive price of 20 GNS. It was available in Black, Blue, Burgundy, Fawn, Green, Ivory, Red, Walnut & White.

So far I have seen the Ivory and Green colours. (Since, we have a new member who collects these and has most of the colours, and a few of the clock radio variation.)

This example, that came from the $150 haul, was literally a five minute job to get working. It has been re-caped, cleaned and is in a friends kitchen working happily.

The dial is a NSW/Qld scale one. It requires re-alianment and a new Masonite base/back, although all the pieces were inside.

It sounds pretty good too…

The radio was quite clean, although the clear speaker and dial plastic have yellowed. They will need retro-brighting. It obviously needs a good scrub and polish in these photographs.

It works OK on the bench but needs work, when I get around to it.

Page last updated: 10 April 2021