11-09-2012, 10:55 PM
Ron;
I didn't know if you were interested in buying it but I figured that maybe you would have been interested in saving the pictures for the gallery. When it finally arrives this set needs a more in-depth examination of the chassis. On first examination it looks like a Philco 60 chassis in a horizontal cabinet, but it also has a 10 inch console speaker and what looks like a three gang tuning condenser in addition to the shadow meter.
There is another British Philco to look out for, there is a tombstone set that has a very similar cabinet to a Canadian Philco model 3118. There was an episode of Doctor Who a few years ago called "The Empty Child" that had such a set in the store room of a hospital.
Just out of curiosity have you acquired a Philco model 444 "People's Set" yet? I saw one in person about ten years ago and was astounded at how large the cabinet was and how thick they made the Bakelite, it was as thick as an Admiral floor model TV cabinet.
Regards
Arran
I didn't know if you were interested in buying it but I figured that maybe you would have been interested in saving the pictures for the gallery. When it finally arrives this set needs a more in-depth examination of the chassis. On first examination it looks like a Philco 60 chassis in a horizontal cabinet, but it also has a 10 inch console speaker and what looks like a three gang tuning condenser in addition to the shadow meter.
There is another British Philco to look out for, there is a tombstone set that has a very similar cabinet to a Canadian Philco model 3118. There was an episode of Doctor Who a few years ago called "The Empty Child" that had such a set in the store room of a hospital.
Just out of curiosity have you acquired a Philco model 444 "People's Set" yet? I saw one in person about ten years ago and was astounded at how large the cabinet was and how thick they made the Bakelite, it was as thick as an Admiral floor model TV cabinet.
Regards
Arran
