08-04-2011, 09:13 PM
I already have a thread going in the cabinet restoration forum but figure I'd start this one for the electronics.
This tombstone came with a chassis heavily modified for AC operation. Every socket had been replaced to accommodate different tubes and some new ones were even added. Tube were also missing and I gave up on trying to restore it. Out of the blue, someone tipped me off the a 643 chassis on ebay and I won it
Here they are side-by-side.
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5919...9776_z.jpg]
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5919...180b_z.jpg]
That left the speaker. Just a few weeks later I spied this Philco 624 speaker on the same auction site with no bids. I ended up winning it for all of $ 0.99.
[Image: http://www.bobandersen.com/images/philco...peaker.jpg]
Only problem is that it arrived looking like this
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5983...c8d6_z.jpg]
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5983...3f3f_z.jpg]
Luckily, a little fabric glue fixed it up and when I tested it in another set it sounded just fine
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6009...6d59_z.jpg]
This tombstone came with a chassis heavily modified for AC operation. Every socket had been replaced to accommodate different tubes and some new ones were even added. Tube were also missing and I gave up on trying to restore it. Out of the blue, someone tipped me off the a 643 chassis on ebay and I won it
Here they are side-by-side.
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5919...9776_z.jpg]
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5919...180b_z.jpg]
That left the speaker. Just a few weeks later I spied this Philco 624 speaker on the same auction site with no bids. I ended up winning it for all of $ 0.99.
[Image: http://www.bobandersen.com/images/philco...peaker.jpg]
Only problem is that it arrived looking like this
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5983...c8d6_z.jpg]
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5983...3f3f_z.jpg]
Luckily, a little fabric glue fixed it up and when I tested it in another set it sounded just fine
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6009...6d59_z.jpg]
