[Bob Andersen]

I'm finally just about done with this set! I painted the edges around the speaker by hand with dark paint.
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The radio came with these long "U" shims under the chassis. I wonder if they are factory or were they a later addition to compensate for mushed down rubber corner mounts ?
I've replaced the old mounts with reproductions and the shims seem redundant now.

Has anyone encountered these before ?
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[Ron Ramirez]

One of my slant front Philcos has those "U" shaped shims also...I do not remember right now if it is my 40-150 or my 40-155, but it's one of those.

I do not know if they are factory issue or not, however.

[Arran]

My guess is that the shims may be there to make the rubber mounts last longer by spreading out the weight load. Strange if it was really that much of a problem that Philco didn't just redesign their chassis mounts or add a lip on each corner sheet metal above the mount rather then putting a long "U' shaped shim in there?
Regards
Arran

[Bob Andersen]

I spent a couple days rubbing out the cabinet and boy are my arms tired!
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I hope to finish off this project later tonight
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[Ron Ramirez]

WOW...that cabinet shure is PURTY.

[Bob Andersen]

Thanks Ron. I think it's my best cabinet restoration so far. Soon I may feel up to finally tackling my 15DX
And at long last, it's a wrap The only thing left is to print out some station preset inserts.

In retrospect I'm kind of amazed it's working at all considering the rotted wiring, open output transformer etc...

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