[Guest]

Hello,
I'm restoring a Philco 60 Lowboy, Canadian version.
The cabinet had already been stripped and I'm looking to reproduce the Philco decal. While I've seen that some are available commercially, from looking at other posting, there seems to be some question as to who gets them right. Since I already doing decals, I'd like to reproduce this one as well ( unless I can get a good commercial match.

So, would anyone know the correct size for this label or even, maybe a picture of an original. Ron posted some Philco label pictures on another post, I'm not sure if these would apply to my model.

Thanks for the help,
Daniel

[Ron Ramirez]

Hi Daniel

Here are a couple of the posts you mentioned.
http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=104
http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=529

The original decal used on your Model 60L was 1-1/2" long, and would have looked like this (image shown from a 645B tombstone, same decal):
[Image: http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k420/...decal1.jpg]

Radio Daze offers the PH8 decal shown below, which is not exactly like the original.
[Image: http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k420/...decal2.jpg]

[Guest]

Thanks Ron for the info. BTW your article on the model 60 schematic variation is very well done and really get the confusion out. I really appreciate it.

I have one last question regarding the age of the radio. On your site I found reference to the 60L from January 1934, and on the evolution of the model 60 page, it indicates an introduction date as July 1933 but on my nameplate I find a patent date as 1930. So was this model produced in 1930 ?
Regards
Daniel

[Ron Ramirez]

No, the Model 60 had not even been thought of in 1930. The first Model 60 sets came out in July 1933, as shown on my website.

Patent numbers shown on those Philco patent labels can predate the actual manufacture of the radio by years; sometimes a patent could be several years older than the radio itself. For example, Edwin Howard Armstrong invented the superheterodyne circuit during World War I, but it did not come into general use until 1930.