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My L Door is serial number 43284 so a bit earlier than yours but it has a bullet brake and all gold hardware except the turntable which is nickel. As for the nickel parts on yours go, only the guy assembling it knows what is was built with. I would think it had all gold hardware except the turntable which would have been nickel. Let’s see the motor pics as this might reveal changes made These are great machines indeed. Good luck with it. Joe

Is your serial number followed by a C or a D? The example that I show has a higher serial number than your machine and it is a “D”. I believe that the hardware is the same as the “C”, with the exception of the brake.

Here are a couple of pics of mine if they might help.

Matt

Here is a proper motor and motor board for a Model D. According to the Victor Victrola Site, the D suffix began at 43500, making your machine a D, (tab brake model), unless your tag says otherwise.

Django wrote:Is your serial number followed by a C or a D? The example that I show has a higher serial number than your machine and it is a “D”. I believe that the hardware is the same as the “C”, with the exception of the brake.

Is that post for the auto-brake factory installed? On my machine (49977 D), it appears to be a later upgrade, with the post secured to the tone arm by a strap. The screw holes for the previous brake are visible under the turntable.

- Bill

The serial # on my oak L Door is 54869 D

There are no screw holes under the turntable for a brake that was removed.

Lucius1958 wrote:

Django wrote:Is your serial number followed by a C or a D? The example that I show has a higher serial number than your machine and it is a “D”. I believe that the hardware is the same as the “C”, with the exception of the brake.

Is that post for the auto-brake factory installed? On my machine (49977 D), it appears to be a later upgrade, with the post secured to the tone arm by a strap. The screw holes for the previous brake are visible under the turntable.

- Bill

There are no holes in the motor board that would indicate that the brake had been changed. The post on the tonearm was there when I bought the machine.

Skihawx wrote:I think a picture of the top of the motor board with the turn table removed and a picture of the motor would tell the story. I am sure it did not leave the factory with that speed controls. Even the motor board pull is in Nickel and would have been Gold.

I was able to get the turntable off and posted some more photos. Even though they are not accurate, all of the parts fit my machine with no alterations. Please review them and give your opinion. I would appreciate it very much!

Django wrote:I think that your machine may have been re-motored. I believe that all L-door Victrolas have female cranks and round speed controls, (your crank looks like a later, male type). The good news is that it looks like they didn’t add a second hole for the crank.

I was able to get my turntable off and posted additional photos. Everything fits my cabinet without alterations to it. Would appreciate your further opinion. Thanks!

Crank_it_up wrote:My L Door is serial number 43284 so a bit earlier than yours but it has a bullet brake and all gold hardware except the turntable which is nickel. As for the nickel parts on yours go, only the guy assembling it knows what is was built with. I would think it had all gold hardware except the turntable which would have been nickel. Let’s see the motor pics as this might reveal changes made These are great machines indeed. Good luck with it. Joe

I was able to get the turntable off and posted more photos. Even though they are not original, all of the parts fit my machine with no alterations. I would appreciate your additional opinions. Thanks!