[Ron Ramirez]

Marv

Please place an ad in the "Philco Wanted" section. In doing so, I suggest you look for 1936, 1937 or 1938 Philco chassis to find the tube shield base you seek.

A hint: If you use a 1937 tube shield base, you will be able to use a metal or GT tube in the socket. The 1936 and 1938 tube shield bases are made so that only the size base of a "G" tube will fit. Of course, Philco did not use octal tubes in 1936 models, but the tube shield base in the '36 models is made the same as the 1938 tube shield bases.

I would suggest a new octal socket, with pin 1 of the SOCKET (not the tube pin itself!) grounded, together with a 1937 Philco tube shield base. With the tube shield in place, no-one will be the wiser, as all three model years use the same tube shields for the most part.