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Drake 2-B serial catalog

A companion to How many Drake 2-Bs were ever made?. That post is the estimate. This page is the evidence locker: every rear-apron stamp we can photograph, cropped close enough to read.

Last eBay sweep: 2 September 2026. New plates get added here as they turn up. Crops are from listing photos; the serial is the factory stamp on the copper rear apron, usually between the Q-MULT socket and the BAND E crystal coil.

Seven plates are readable so far. The rest of the known sample is listed at the bottom as still wanted.

Drake 2-B rear apron stamped SERIAL NO 2221
2221eBay item 168598982825 · August 2026, still listed in September
Drake 2-B rear apron stamped SERIAL 3692
3692eBay item 307144360713 · September 2026. The 3xxx radio that filled the empty thousand.
Drake 2-B rear apron stamped SERIAL NO 4368
4368eBay item 277985377120 · June / August / September 2026
Drake 2-B rear apron stamped 5119
5119eBay item 178397819385 · August 2026
Drake 2-B rear apron stamped SERIAL NO 6156
6156eBay item 127999476488 · August 2026
Drake 2-B rear apron stamped SERIAL NO 10283
10283eBay item 800088720520 · June / August / September 2026
Drake 2-B rear apron stamped SERIAL NO. 11435
11435eBay item 137686517158 · September 2026

One September listing (item 287546407484) has a rear-apron stamp that does not read cleanly enough to put a number under. I left it out rather than guess.

Known serials still without a photograph — send a rear-apron shot if you have one of these:

2008, 2046, 2052, 2258, 2532, 2599, 4025, 4226, 4950, 5149, 5153, 5254, 5596, 6152, 6373, 6541, 7856, 8069, 8682, 8873, 9041, 9180, 9215, 9289, 10140, 10206, 10328, 10616, 11059, 11093, 11222, 11976, 12038, 12060, 12955

Plus 8711, which is in the estimate from a September listing but still wants a crop that is actually readable.