I am a complete novice here and have one Philco radio with 39-6173 on a sticker on the inside of the cabinet and AX16093 stamped on the chassis.
I'd like to know what I have. Picture below.
Thanks...and if I need to do some remedial reading, just point me to the sources.
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Hi William, and welcome!
The "39-6173" number you see is the part number of the tube layout sticker; it is not the model number of your radio.
The correct model number is TP-52. These were also advertised as Model UA-52P.
This radio was also marketed under the Simplex name. I suspect Simplex probably designed the set.
Has the part of your radio that is red been painted? The TP-52 was advertised as being made of white Beetle with a black base. The only photo I have ever seen of one is in a white/black color scheme.
At any rate, that is a really cool little set.
I sent you a PM on this subject.
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Ron Ramirez
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The red color appears to me to be original. The unit has some chips and underneath the red is black. I see no white on it at all.
A handwritten message on the top of it makes note of the University of Georgia whose colors are red and black and is dated 1940, apparently contemporaneous with a UGA football game. Would this have been manufactured in 1939?
Thanks for the info.
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Hmmm...very interesting. So now a color variation to the TP-52 has been confirmed.
Yes, it would have been manufactured around the summer of 1939.
Nice find!
Edit: I should add that those knobs are not original to the set.
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Ron Ramirez
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