Lazy Sunday.
I recently acquired a Philco Ford flip clock radio and noticed that it was almost identical to a Admiral flip clock radio I had been looking at. That got me curious so I did a little searching and found the same basic flip clock radio being sold under ten different brands! All of these flip clock radios have the same base, side panels, and clock. There are slight variations in the bezel, radio dial, and a few have a snooze button.
By the early 1970s all of the US consumer electronics companies had moved production of small electronics off shore. Some companies built their own factories in low wage Asian countries, others just contracted with a foreign manufacturer to make the products for them.
Here are the units I found just looking on eBay today. I am sure there are more!
Admiral CRF 931 (Adds Snooze)
Bradford 93849
Emerson R5000A
GE C4335A (Adds Snooze)
Magnavox RE3193 (Adds Snooze, Adds Weather)
Philco Ford R-574WA
Realistic Chronomatic 104 (Adds Snooze)
Realistic Digichron IV
Supre-Macy 255
Tunecrest 206W-1
Zenith C456R
Admiral CRF 931
Bradford 93849
Emmerson R5000A
Jeremy
I recently acquired a Philco Ford flip clock radio and noticed that it was almost identical to a Admiral flip clock radio I had been looking at. That got me curious so I did a little searching and found the same basic flip clock radio being sold under ten different brands! All of these flip clock radios have the same base, side panels, and clock. There are slight variations in the bezel, radio dial, and a few have a snooze button.
By the early 1970s all of the US consumer electronics companies had moved production of small electronics off shore. Some companies built their own factories in low wage Asian countries, others just contracted with a foreign manufacturer to make the products for them.
Here are the units I found just looking on eBay today. I am sure there are more!
Admiral CRF 931 (Adds Snooze)
Bradford 93849
Emerson R5000A
GE C4335A (Adds Snooze)
Magnavox RE3193 (Adds Snooze, Adds Weather)
Philco Ford R-574WA
Realistic Chronomatic 104 (Adds Snooze)
Realistic Digichron IV
Supre-Macy 255
Tunecrest 206W-1
Zenith C456R
Admiral CRF 931
Bradford 93849
Emmerson R5000A
Jeremy
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