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Philco 640 Cabinet Refinishing Chronicles
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Going only by measurement is a big mistake. You want to match the font of the old to the new, which is more important. Of course, you want the length to be the same, or as close as possible.

As many of you know, for a long time Radio Daze was selling decals that looked wrong, wrong, wrong. While many people gleefully bought and used them, I was the "voice crying in the wilderness" for a few years, saying repeatedly that the fonts were wrong. I'm glad they finally listened and corrected most of them. DCL-PH9 still uses the wrong font, but the other PHILCO decals are now correct.

I still cringe every time I see one of those non-authentic PHILCO decals on a radio. Call me what you will, I really don't care. I feel as caretakers of these things, that we owe it to future generations to get the details right, or as much as possible.

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Ron Ramirez
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RE: Philco 640 Cabinet Refinishing Chronicles - by Ron Ramirez - 10-02-2013, 07:03 AM



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