05-25-2021, 08:40 PM
welcome to the Phorum!
That's a nice looking radio. It will not play until the electronics are restored and its best not to power it up again before that is done. Your first decision is whether to do the restoration yourself or have someone do it. There are two parts, electrical can cabinet. Your cabinet looks good enough that it may only need cleaning. Often folks use GoJo (the version without the pumice!) to clean the surface of the cabinet. The finish is lacquer. There are techniques to just refresh the surface and cover to some extent the scratches and veneer can sometimes be glued down again.
The electrical chassis will need the electrolytic capacitors changed, all the paper capacitors replaced and there may or may not be other issues that need to be checked. Read through some of the restorations that are found in this Phorum to get an idea of what this might entail. Another good overview for beginners can be seen in Phil Nelson's website. If you decide to tackle it yourself then this Phorum's electrical section is the place to start a thread for your radio and ask all the questions you want. Folks here can help you through the process. Its not a full tutorial but I have a thread for a 91B restoration that has the same chassis as yours.
Both the cabinet restoration and the chassis restoration are something that beginners can do but you will also get better at it if restoring radios becomes a hobby!
As far as value, its harder to assess but as it is its probably a $50 to $200 radio depending on whose buying, where its sold and its actual condition.
The electrical schematic can be found in our library's early schematics (1932) here: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...chematics/ and also here: https://philcoradio.com/library/download...l.%201.pdf
Your is in our gallery at https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1933b/#Model_91D
That's a nice looking radio. It will not play until the electronics are restored and its best not to power it up again before that is done. Your first decision is whether to do the restoration yourself or have someone do it. There are two parts, electrical can cabinet. Your cabinet looks good enough that it may only need cleaning. Often folks use GoJo (the version without the pumice!) to clean the surface of the cabinet. The finish is lacquer. There are techniques to just refresh the surface and cover to some extent the scratches and veneer can sometimes be glued down again.
The electrical chassis will need the electrolytic capacitors changed, all the paper capacitors replaced and there may or may not be other issues that need to be checked. Read through some of the restorations that are found in this Phorum to get an idea of what this might entail. Another good overview for beginners can be seen in Phil Nelson's website. If you decide to tackle it yourself then this Phorum's electrical section is the place to start a thread for your radio and ask all the questions you want. Folks here can help you through the process. Its not a full tutorial but I have a thread for a 91B restoration that has the same chassis as yours.
Both the cabinet restoration and the chassis restoration are something that beginners can do but you will also get better at it if restoring radios becomes a hobby!
As far as value, its harder to assess but as it is its probably a $50 to $200 radio depending on whose buying, where its sold and its actual condition.
The electrical schematic can be found in our library's early schematics (1932) here: https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...chematics/ and also here: https://philcoradio.com/library/download...l.%201.pdf
Your is in our gallery at https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1933b/#Model_91D
