I have copied the photo's and enlarged them for closer inspection but it still doesn't reveal much information about the manufacturer other than the word "Delatone" which is on the front of the radio. The heading above the photo's says it is a "Telefunken Radio". While I am not sure that is correct, it is not out of the question because prior to the mid 1960's foreign manufacturers could not market directly in the USA, instead they had to market through a U.S. subsidiary. A prime example of this is AKAI electronic from Japan. In the U,S.A. AKAI products were sold under the trade name "Roberts Electronics". Judging from the front panel that radio certainly has the characteristics of the old Telefunken radios. If you look at the tuner index you will see that it has 4 operating bands. Note that the frequency bands are listed as KCS & MCS. That was common on all radios until 1960 when they changed the designation from "Cycles per Second" to "Hertz" in honor of the German Physicist Heinrich Hertz, who pioneered the study of frequency. The top band is 550KCS to 1600KCS, which is the AM broadcast band in the USA & Canada. The next two bands are 160 to 280KCS & 5 to 16MCS which are shortwave bands commonly used for commercial broadcasting in Europe but never used in the USA. This is the strongest indicator that this radio was manufactured in Germany, The Bottom band is 88 to 108MCS, which is the FM Broadcast band in the USA. This indicates to me that this radio was either manufactured in Germany for the USA market or perhaps manufactured in the USA under license to the European parent company. If it had been manufactured for the European market the FM band would be 75 to 108MCS. It is the inclusion of the FM broadcast band that gives the first clue to the age of this radio. FM radio was invented in 1933 but there were no commercial FM broadcast licenses issued by the FCC for operation in the USA until Jan. 1, 1941. While the U.S.A. did not get involved in World War II until December 7, 1941 it must be remembered that WWII began in Europe in 1939. During the war Telefunken GMBH was taken over by the German government and pressed into manufacturing military communications & radar equipment. There was no consumer class communications equipment exported from Germany to the USA until a couple years after the war, which ended in 1945. The next indicator that helps date this radio is the inclusion of white plastic knobs on the front of the unit. It also appears like the white louvered lower panel on the front is plastic. Prior to W W II plastic was almost non-existent, with the exception of a hard brittle black plastic material called "Bakelite" that was used for making the knobs. Plastics of all varieties didnt really come into itÂs own until the early to mid 1950Âs and even then the plastics we commonly saw were in the form of artificial flowers or small toys coming out of Japan. In those days plastics were considered junk and sold mostly in the local 5&10 cent stores. If I could see the actual electronics chassis or a copy of the schematic diagram I could probably pin the production date down a bit closer, but from the evidence at hand I would guess this radio is of a "Telefunken" or possibly a "Grundig" design and manufactured somewhere between 1948 and 1955. It was certainly a high end design in its day, but on the current market it has little to no actual value unless you happened to find a dedicated collector. Now in regards to the longevity of tube circuits the life of the unit totally depends upon how itÂs used and how and where it is stored. In the overall scheme of things broadcast band radio receivers and home audio systems are generally a very low-tech design. Many of the old point-to-point wired tube circuits used very cheap ceramic, paper, or electrolytic capacitors that will swell and crack when exposed to mid to high levels of humidity for a prolonged time. Another serious problem is the open plates on the variable capacitors in the tuner sections. Quite often dust or corrosion accumulates on the plates and will eventually short out the tuner. On the other hand I have a 1927 Montgomery Wards "Airline" table-top AM broadcast receivers in a wooden cabinet. My Mother originally bought this radio in a pawnshop in Lewiston, Idaho in 1947 for the whopping sum of $2. In 1950 my family moved from Idaho to Salem, Ohio and that radio was shipped via Railway Express Freight packed in a cardboard box wrapped in clothing. When the box arrived it was crushed and the clothes were dangling out one side of the box but the old radio survived unscathed. The old wooden cabinet is now showing some signs of the veneers delaminating in spots but it still works fine. Oh yes, did I mention that it is still functioning on the original factory installed tubes. One of the downsides of tube electronics is that the tubes are temperature critical. Generally when a tube radio is turned on from a cold start you can expect it to seriously crackly, pop, whistle and drift slightly off frequency for the first ½ hour or so until the tubes get up to full operating temperature and stabilize. I have a number of old tube type ham radio transmitters, receivers or transceivers which have a "Standby mode" switch, When the unit is not in use we switch it to standby mode which turns off the primary functions of the unit but the filament circuit to the tubes is kept on to keep the tube temperature stable. When these radios have not been used in a long time it is best to turn it on to the standby mode about 24hrs before we intend to go on the air with it.

First, I don't live on my PC, I was away all weekend. So your not getting a run around. Second, you have NOT described the problem sufficiently for me to know whats wrong with your car. One thing is certain though, I do NOT suspect the torque convertor (a transaxle component) based on the pieces of information that you have provided. Now that is not a diagnosis that is saying it's not bad, I'll repeat, I don't suspect it's the problem. But there is a definate problem with getting you to verbalize in a way that allows me to "feel" what your car is doing without me having first hand experience driving it while it's acting up. You cannot blame a shop, a technician, or someone on this board, be they a technician or not for your failure to be able to communicate to us(me) exactly what your car is doing. FWIW, it's quite likely the problem with your car is engine control related. But before I type out a series of questions in order to attempt to draw from you what I would need to know in order to even try and figure out whats going on, you have to agree to answer them in a yes, or no fashion. Plus then add details as you feel necessary, without trying to decide in advance what you think the problem with the car is.

Ok...California isn't in the lead on this. New York is. There was litigation in the NY Courts that led to what is known as their "Amazon Law" that lets NY force Amazon to collect NY sales tax by virtue of NY based third-party sellers having partnership agreements with Amazon. VT, MA, RI, IL, CO, GA, CT and now CA have since filed legislation to mimic what NY did. THIS DOESN'T mean the states can now compel remote sellers to collect their tax! It only applies where that seller has a partnership agreement with an in-state business pushing sales through their website. THAT said, we all owe the USE TAX. It's the law. I find it interesting that many of the same folks who rail about Democrats trying to raise taxes (which happens to be factually inaccurate) don't seem to care about breaking the law, resulting in budget deficits that leave states short of operating revenue that lead to discussions of the need to raise taxes! You can't complain about your kids getting a crappy education, the roads being bad, bridges failing, etc. if you don't pay the taxes you lawfully owe! That's as unpatriotic as you get. I find it hard to understand how the masses on the right fall for the complete ruse that they will somehow benefit from the Gov't giving tax breaks to the uber-wealthy and to Corporations who are buying those tax breaks with lobbying dollars. It's been proven to be bull time and again. Oil companies are reaping record profits while enjoying ridiculous tax breaks and shifting the burden of the shortfall to the rest of us! PLUS, we now have the privilege of perpetuating their ownership of the U.S. Government by our paying them $5.00/gallon! If you understand anything about investigative tactics in police work..."follow-the-money" almost always leads you back to the perpetrator. While there's plenty of blame to dole out on both sides of the aisle, it doesn't take a genius to figure out which major party is the prime offender. What can be said about this but wake up America! What happened to government for the people, by the people? The Constitution says "people" not "corporations!" As for the uncollected sales tax issue, there is an effort called the Streamlined Sales Tax Project aimed at encouraging Congress to lift the Supreme Court restrictions on requiring remote sellers to collect tax for the states in exchange for the states simplifying and making their laws more uniform so that it doesn't cost businesses so much to comply! Unsurprisingly, the bill continues to stall due to opposition by the majority of Republicans who don't want to be "perceived" as levying new taxes even though the taxes are already legally due and are just being criminally ignored. Thankfully this year there is some Republican support. Rep. Senator Mike Enzi of WY is cosponsoring the bill this session with Senator Richard Durbin of IL. Until REAL campaign finance reform is adopted and publicly funded political campaigns are MANDATORY and Corporate lobbying $ prohibited, this country will NOT be truly free.

"The common commercial ones have around a 10 year lifetime, used or not. That misconception comes from the inexpensive Sanyo electrolytic capacitors used in the 80's. They were the light blue ones used for DC rectifier circuits, audio coupling, and servo sample/hold circuits in VCRs. Better quality electrolytic capacitors, and even those used in the old tube-type AM table radios, will typically last 30-40 years and stay within their +/- 20% tolerance. BTW - to explain the what is meant by "dried out electrolytic capacitors" - electrolytic capacitors use a wet paste within their rolled foil construction that eventually dries out over time. Without any feedback from albert, there is no way to further address the exact cause of his particular problem. While it may be 30 year old caps, they don't usually fail in a go/no-go way but will typically degrade over time causing hum, buzz, or low volume levels.