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Rebuilt in the 40s by a Philco Shop?
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I seldom find repair work that I like. Most is OK. A lot is BAD. I remember on chassis I was so impressed with, It had a repair tag, that I tried to find the shop in SF CA that did the work. It wasn't there anymore.

Anyway, here is the chassis from the 15 that I posted a few weeks ago. It appears to have been rebuilt by a Philco shop with all new Philco caps and a complete set of Philco tubes (ST post 1937).

They carefully trimmed the connection on the Bakelite blocks before installing new caps. I see an exception, that I suspect has an imbedded resistor. I will have to check.

So, I wonder if restoring the "repair" would be more historically significant than the "normal" restoration. They did damage the blocks, if only in a small way. And It will have to be a restuff anyway, the blocks being easier, in my opinion.

The chassis is almost spotless. I think that this radio will take the place of the 37-116 in our living room.

I have yet to find an indication of which shop did the work.

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Rebuilt in the 40s by a Philco Shop? - by Phlogiston - 06-16-2014, 02:53 PM



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