01-01-2006, 10:35 PM
As far as I know, these are Bakelite, with Tenite grilles. As for the variants with bodies in different colors, I've never actually seen one so I can't say whether they are painted Bakelite or other molded plastic. All of the grilles of this style are Tenite, though.
The durability of Tenite is poor. Apparently a few of these have survived fairly well, but that is very unusual for Tenite. Just take a look at a 41-221, for example (quite different grille, but still Tenite) and you will see what I mean. The 41-221 is one of the Philcos that Larry at Old-Time Replications was thinking about reproducing, if you will recall my online poll on that subject.
The durability of Tenite is poor. Apparently a few of these have survived fairly well, but that is very unusual for Tenite. Just take a look at a 41-221, for example (quite different grille, but still Tenite) and you will see what I mean. The 41-221 is one of the Philcos that Larry at Old-Time Replications was thinking about reproducing, if you will recall my online poll on that subject.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
