07-25-2024, 10:28 PM
A friend in FL got a Philco with the chassis we cannot quite determine the model of.
The cabinet is 38-17.
The chassis is the on in the pictures.
At the first glance it did look like the 38-15, which would be correct.
However, first thing to be noticed is, the IF cans are different (two when looked from the back).
The dial is also different, but this could've been changed.
The transformer vs dial vs tuning cap etc looks very similar to 38-15.
However when looked under, instead of the band switch there is an additional potentiometer, that seems to be a tone control.
There are no abckelite blocks underneath, and the chassis has been restored before, all caps being modern yellow film ones, so....
I wonder if from the tubes vs RF cans someone could tell the model.
The electrolytics are original Philco ones, and seems to be the same, and in the same places, as in 38-12 or 38-15.
The cabinet is 38-17.
The chassis is the on in the pictures.
At the first glance it did look like the 38-15, which would be correct.
However, first thing to be noticed is, the IF cans are different (two when looked from the back).
The dial is also different, but this could've been changed.
The transformer vs dial vs tuning cap etc looks very similar to 38-15.
However when looked under, instead of the band switch there is an additional potentiometer, that seems to be a tone control.
There are no abckelite blocks underneath, and the chassis has been restored before, all caps being modern yellow film ones, so....
I wonder if from the tubes vs RF cans someone could tell the model.
The electrolytics are original Philco ones, and seems to be the same, and in the same places, as in 38-12 or 38-15.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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