06-28-2013, 07:25 AM
Those are interesting mods to a Philco 90 and at least you get a blue 27 and an eye tube out of the deal, not to mention a pretty decent 90 cabinet.
I suspect whoever did those mods read a few too many radio oriented "how-to" magazines back in the day and when they made those mods, for whatever reason, they also tried to 'jazz it up' it somewhat with the eye tube.
It is interesting and I'm glad that Bob documented and photographed the modifications, but if it were me I'd do the same thing he's doing; find a nice unmolested 90 chassis to slip it into that cabinet.
The "modded" chassis looks fairly clean so someone with a rust bucket chassis and a lot of time on their hands might get some use out of it and get it back to original again.
I suspect whoever did those mods read a few too many radio oriented "how-to" magazines back in the day and when they made those mods, for whatever reason, they also tried to 'jazz it up' it somewhat with the eye tube.
It is interesting and I'm glad that Bob documented and photographed the modifications, but if it were me I'd do the same thing he's doing; find a nice unmolested 90 chassis to slip it into that cabinet.
The "modded" chassis looks fairly clean so someone with a rust bucket chassis and a lot of time on their hands might get some use out of it and get it back to original again.
John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"
