Just wondering if anyone knows the year of make of the Sharp GF- 1740. Also wondering when they started making the GF series and when they finished. On another webpage they have 1975? For the GF-1740 but that seems too early to me. Appreciate if anyone could shed some light on this for me. Cheers Lochie
There is a service bulletin on Elektrotanya dated June 1984 https://elektrotanya.com/sharp_ad-021_gf-1740_tech_bulletin.pdf/download.html From the styling I would have guessed around then. RadioMuseum does have ?? after their 1975 date.
You might want to go through the old ads, at the bottom of this page is the Sharp GF-1750 from 1979. I'd guess 82 at the earliest for the GF-1740. https://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/portable-cassette-newspaper-ads.4630/page-13 I see ads for The Searcher GF Models in 1978, in 1976 they used "RD" I have a weird pause in ads in between that time.
It is amazing to think that boxes like the 777 are coming up to 40 years old. If you go back 40 years from 1982 you would be in the middle of WWII and the only radios available in the U.K. would be these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_Radio about 35 years ago I saw one for sale brand new in its straw packed cardboard box. Not my scene though and much more expensive than the used Akai PJ35 I did buy back then.
I didn't even know 90% of the nicer boxes existed, we just had high-lowend around me. My neighbor did have a sweet JVC in 78 that got the bug rolling for me but I have no idea where they bought it and I think it was pretty expensive, like $300 USD back then.
Thanks guys. Appreciate the responses. 1975 didn’t feel right to me. 82-84 seems a lot more Likely. I had the GF 777 out the other day playing some mix tapes. Still sounds terrific.
Late 70's beyond any doubt I remember them well! Sorry I was confusing the model name for a 70's Sharp - Yes the 1740 would be early 80's the mono version of the truly awful GF-4646!
Definitely not 70's, made in around 83 84...they made a range at that time and i had one. but mine was stereo..............why the fascination with something so mickey mouse like this lol
