12-04-2005, 04:59 PM
Ron,
There's something curious about your picture. It looks like it still has what's left of it's original finish-and it's all one shade-not 2-tone. The reason I ask is because you mention the 650 was a step below a 116. I have a 116, bought from an e-Bay auction several years ago (and still waiting to be restored). Although it's very hard to tell, the cabinet on my 116 looks to have had been refinished-the top, sides and columns in front only. The front panel was left alone, and apparently never stripped. The giveaway to this is that it still has the original Philco decal at the top-not a repro. My 116 cabinet looks very much like your original finish 650. I wonder if some 650's like yours, and some 116's weren't 2-toned-unless your 650 has been stripped of it's toned finish.It doesn't look like it has been since I see the original decal in your picture. My 640, that I mentioned in my original reply was 2-toned, and I refinished it that way.
Ed
There's something curious about your picture. It looks like it still has what's left of it's original finish-and it's all one shade-not 2-tone. The reason I ask is because you mention the 650 was a step below a 116. I have a 116, bought from an e-Bay auction several years ago (and still waiting to be restored). Although it's very hard to tell, the cabinet on my 116 looks to have had been refinished-the top, sides and columns in front only. The front panel was left alone, and apparently never stripped. The giveaway to this is that it still has the original Philco decal at the top-not a repro. My 116 cabinet looks very much like your original finish 650. I wonder if some 650's like yours, and some 116's weren't 2-toned-unless your 650 has been stripped of it's toned finish.It doesn't look like it has been since I see the original decal in your picture. My 640, that I mentioned in my original reply was 2-toned, and I refinished it that way.
Ed
