Hi everyone. I decided to make another post since I got to take a picture of the stereo system we picked up the other day. I’d taken a lunchbreak after working on the new house in the morning last week. Coming home, I took a back route to get to our house. I was driving up the hill, about 5 houses away from ours when I spotted this sitting on the curb.

I didn’t realize it was a stereo system until I got out of the car… I actually thought it was some sort of dresser at first. It’s a Sears Silvertone record player with amp and speakers, probably from the late 60s to early 70s. Pretty sure about the time period, since it appears the Silvertone name wasn’t used after 1972.

In any case, I was excited to find one for free! I know that these are fairly common and people are often eager to unload them for low-ish prices. I just didn’t want to pay that much, and free certainly fit the bill.

It was just me that day – I was just BARELY able to “walk” it off the sidewalk, go up the hill slightly, and then into my car all by myself. I know that this piece is going to require quite a bit of work – the previous owner had thoughtfully screwed shut the top opening panel. Our thought was that they might’ve been using it as a TV stand or something.

I believe that some people end up converting these stereo systems into drink bars. The funny thing is that my dad said that my grandmother originally had a similar console like this that had a TV in it. And they also had one that was a drink bar as well!

The finish on the sides is still quite good – it’s just the top that’ll need to be refinished. I’m a little concerned if the innards still work – it contains a record player, radio and amp. Things are disconnected, so I probably have to mess around with it to get it to work. I think it may have originally had an 8-track in the space next to the radio. If we can’t make it work out – I think we’ll just leave it out on the curb like our neighbor did. If we do, I wonder if they’ll drive up the hill and see their own stereo system at our house on the curb, LOL!

A little bonus before I close – we picked up these great wall hangings last week at an estate. I’ve seen them before (forget who had them) in different colors – these are made by Syroco and date to the 1970s. Oh, and the formica diner table is actually my grandparent’s original that I remember eating off of when I was a kid. We decided to keep it for now, along with the green naugahyde curved diner seat in the back… it’s in the kitchen’s breakfast nook.

Hope you enjoyed this extra post – see you all next week!