Worth $195?

[jboger]

Looks like a Thoren motor to me. Perhaps this machine is legit up to and including the back bracket, but not the horn elbow and the horn itself. The horn needs to be pulled off to see if it is threaded. If threaded, then never intended for that elbow.

Or maybe possibly by chance the elbow is internally threaded? Need to take that horn off.

[Phonofreak]

After looking at the motor, reproducer and turn table, this is a cobbled up machine. The parts shown are from a typical Thorens portable. Corduroy was never used to cover the turntable. Someone added this later. I think the cabinet was made several years ago, when crap-o-phones were first starting out. Looking at the cabinet, you can see some of the bare wood where the finish is coming off. It doesn't look like any hardwood, maybe cheap pine. Even the cheap, legitimate machines used a box or bass wood cabinet and was stained. These were solid and very sturdy. Not this machine shown. I think this machine was put together 30 or 40 years ago.
Harvey Kravitz