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| The Lafayette KT-135 EXPLOR-AIR as seen in various Lafayette Catalogs. | |||||||
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| 1959 | |||||||
| Notice the radio uses a 12AX7 detector, and the chassis is "completely isolated from the circuit." | |||||||
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| 1960 - same ad as 1959. This one has some color added. | |||||||
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| 1961 - Uses a 12AX7 detector. The chassis is still "completely isolated from the circuit." |
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| 1962 - now uses a 12AT7! | |||||||
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| 1963 | |||||||
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| 1964. The price of the radio went up a dollar. The cabinet went up 10ยข. The desktop globe and the phrase "TUNE IN THE WORLD!" makes an appearance. |
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| Also from 1964. This entry repeats (for the last time) that the chassis is completely isolated from the circuit. | |||||||
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| 1965 The radio and cabinet now have catalog numbers. The text no longer mentions that the chassis is isolated from the circuit. The letters "T.M." after "Explor-Air" designate that Lafayette has claimed the name as a trademark, but it is not registered. The desktop globe will be included in every catalog entry from 1965 onward. |
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| 1966 | |||||||
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| 1967 | |||||||
| After the style of the knobs changed, every advertisement used this picture. | |||||||
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| 1968 | |||||||
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| 1969 | |||||||
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| 1970. The price of the cabinet just went up! | |||||||
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| 1971 | |||||||
| 1971 was the last year the KT-135 appeared in a Lafayette catalog. | |||||||
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| I'm unable to find this globe of the world for sale in any Lafayette catalog or anywhere on the Internet. | |||||||
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| What the globe may have looked like. | |||||||
| Some of these pictures are from catalogs posted by Dave Gleason at American Radio History | |||||||
