03-07-2023, 12:12 PM
Hi JH and Welcome,
> My parents bought it on an installment plan and paid it out. $20!
I read an ad that described for the easy payment plan of $2 down and $2 a week this set can be yours. So in about 2 months & 2 weeks it was all yours.
If you wanted to fix it up a bit the dial https://www.radiodaze.com/philco-37-84-3...m-ds-a318/ (Match pn with old one. There are two different ones.) and knob http://www.renovatedradios.com/product.php?product=20 are available as reproduction parts. It would have had a cloth covered power cord w/one of those old school round flattish plugs on the end. By now the original has about perished. Number 17 would a good match for the grille cloth if you wanted to replace it https://www.radiogrillecloth.com/products
If you need help getting it going there are a number of guys here that can help you out. I'm pretty familiar w/it as I have 5 or 6 of um.[Image: https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/sm...n_wave.gif]
These are merely suggestions I understand that there may be some reasons to leave it in it's original condition. Just wanted to make you aware that there are some parts that being reproduced for that set.
GL and have fun w/your new project
> My parents bought it on an installment plan and paid it out. $20!
I read an ad that described for the easy payment plan of $2 down and $2 a week this set can be yours. So in about 2 months & 2 weeks it was all yours.
If you wanted to fix it up a bit the dial https://www.radiodaze.com/philco-37-84-3...m-ds-a318/ (Match pn with old one. There are two different ones.) and knob http://www.renovatedradios.com/product.php?product=20 are available as reproduction parts. It would have had a cloth covered power cord w/one of those old school round flattish plugs on the end. By now the original has about perished. Number 17 would a good match for the grille cloth if you wanted to replace it https://www.radiogrillecloth.com/products
If you need help getting it going there are a number of guys here that can help you out. I'm pretty familiar w/it as I have 5 or 6 of um.[Image: https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/sm...n_wave.gif]
These are merely suggestions I understand that there may be some reasons to leave it in it's original condition. Just wanted to make you aware that there are some parts that being reproduced for that set.
GL and have fun w/your new project
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got it!
Terry
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