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A quick update and some new, old information;"The radio itself is very tough to find in playing condition. There are also several variations of the same radio, so you have to be careful to get the right one.
But the toughest thing to find is the matching red leather carrying case. And even tougher to find is the matching red leather snap-on earphone case that fixes to the red leather radio case.
It sorta funny, but the press kept asking them about these radios while they were in New York. It turns out someone from Pepsi had gotten into their rooms in New York in advance and left four radios for the guys.
At the end of their trip the guys just left them in the room, if memory serves me right."
I'm also told the footage from the limo was shot on February 8th , not the 7th so that means Paul did not have the radio when they landed as I assumed.
It also means it was most likely not present in the Deauville Hotel pool room on February 15, 1964, among all other Beatle swag when they rehearsed for the third Ed Sullivan show.
Ah well, since that 3D work is complete Ill claim artistic licence.
Thanks to Beatle Paul for the Pepsi radio photographs.
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