This is a Panasonic R-1159 portable AM transistor radio from the late 1960s. It has a standard 9V battery and a ferrite core antenna built in. It was manufactured by Matsushita Electric in Japan.

To begin disassembly, just pull open the case with your bare hands. Next, you can see the internal PCB and battery.

Be careful when Removing the battery! Do not short out the terminals with the connector. 9 volts is a painful shock.

Once the battery is removed, you can see the whopping 7 transistors in all their glory. For comparison, the Intel 4004 microprocessor from 3 years later in 1971 had well over 2300 transistors. Microprocessors today have billions!

(The transistors are the silver metal cans)

Next, carefully remove the three screws from the PCB. You can either use a flathead screwdriver or a Philips screwdriver. (Both will work).

Next, carefully pull out the PCB with your hands.

Be careful when pulling out the PCB, since the wires are very fragile and delicate.

It’s been a while since traces were hand drawn, there was no such thing as CAD software back then to help PCB development.

You’re now done! To reassemble, follow steps in reverse order to complete.