Looking inside this Mitchell 1103 you will find a Regency TR-1 chassis. It has exactly the same layout as a Regency TR-1 with the Jensen brand speaker and the painted transistors manufactured by Texas Instruments. A map of Texas is visible on one of the transistors. On the tuning capacitor is a date code of 541 indicating that this Mitchell was manufactured within two weeks of the 41st week of 1955.
There are a couple of wires soldered to the battery clip, I’m unsure why… The battery used is a standard 22.5V as used with all Regency TR-1s. This Mitchell works at very low volume, it probably needs a recap. On Regency TR-1’s the serial number is located on a sticker between the battery clips but on this Mitchell there is a gold sticker with battery information but no serial number. As this is the only Mitchell that I own I cannot say if they were made without a serial number or not, perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me can verify this.
There is a beautiful gold label attached inside the back cover. This label gives the user instructions for operating the radio, factory service and battery info.
