[BrendaAnnD]

   

   

   

   

[sam]

I have not seen one like that
looks like they tarred it and deco it ?
good luck

[Paul Philco322]

Most unique, I am interested in Pilot as they manufactured in Lawrence, Massachusetts for a while. I have seen mostly large Pilot sets. I let a big one get away at our New England swap meet that had a very neat tuning feel to it, it was a huge table set. no room in the inn.

Good luck with it.

Paul

[VntgRads]

Do you know it's a Pilot for sure? Knobs are similar but not the usual Pilot style knobs. Are there any markings on the tubes, bezel, capacitors, etc. to indicate a Pilot. I was trying to find the word 'Pilot' somewhere but no luck. Of course my eyes aren't what they once were but nothing is jumping out at me.

Craig R.

[Joe Rossi]

Hello BrendaAnn,

I've checked my usual sources, but can't find this one. What does it do for a speaker? It appears that there is less here than meets the eye! What tubes are in the radio? 8 tubes for a broadcast band radio seems like a lot unless it is a radio/phono combo or it is part of a PA system. Also, I can't recall ever seeing a radio that tunes right to left, i.e., high portion of the band on the left. Interesting. Joe

[Joe Rossi]

Possibly a Pilot T-1584, Vol 11 of Riders. The T-1684 is the same electronically but has push-button tuning. Joe

[BrendaAnnD]

Tube complement looks to be 5Y3, 6V6, 6SQ7, 2x 6SK7 or equiv., 6SA7, 6J5 and whatever that eye tube is. It does look like it has a phono input, which is probably what that 6J5 is used for (magnetic pickup?). The T-1684 doesn't look anything like this circuit. That one has a p-p output circuit and series heaters, whereas the radio posted is a transformer set with parallel heaters.

Hopefully once it gets here, I'll find more information somewhere on that chassis..