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Hybrids or Frankenradios
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I just won an auction for this Philco 116B late version cabinet.

However, I lost the auction for the matching chassis and speaker.

What to do?

Hmmm...

I have a restorable 665 chassis in the basement. The chassis is the same size as a 116 chassis.

Looks like this will become a custom one-off 665B (Philco never made a 660B or 665B in 1936).

Sacrilege? Perhaps. But this way, a more or less complete radio is made out of pieces. I think if I place something inside the cabinet mentioning the set is a hybrid, no real harm is done. And, best of all, it is completely reversible.

I've done it before. A good friend now owns a 665X that has a 116B chassis in it. (Yeah, maybe I could fix up the 665 chassis and offer him a trade...)

And I am about to ship out a 16B cathedral that has a 116 chassis in it. Custom-made at the request of a client.

Another project on the back burner is a Model 32B tombstone cabinet I have, which I plan to mate up with a Model 89 chassis. (Edit: It isn't an "unused" chassis...it was pulled from an old console. Poor choice of words on my part.)

Your comments, thoughts, flames, etc., etc. ...???

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


Messages In This Thread
Hybrids or Frankenradios - by Ron Ramirez - 07-22-2007, 09:43 AM
Frankenradios - by AI2V - 07-22-2007, 08:51 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 07-22-2007, 11:16 PM
[No subject] - by Texasrocker - 07-22-2007, 11:18 PM
[No subject] - by rickd - 07-23-2007, 09:02 AM
Crowded 37-620 chassis- nah! - by AI2V - 07-23-2007, 02:44 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 07-23-2007, 07:34 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 07-23-2007, 07:40 PM
[No subject] - by Texasrocker - 07-31-2007, 10:45 PM
RE: Hybrids or Frankenradios - by Ron Ramirez - 03-22-2008, 10:04 AM
[No subject] - by Steve Davis - 03-22-2008, 01:40 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 03-23-2008, 12:36 AM
[No subject] - by Texasrocker - 03-23-2008, 01:27 AM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 03-24-2008, 10:07 PM
Re: Hybrids or Frankenradios - by Ron Ramirez - 12-09-2010, 09:49 PM
Re: Hybrids or Frankenradios - by TA Forbes - 12-10-2010, 12:03 PM
Re: Hybrids or Frankenradios - by DeckApe - 12-11-2010, 06:15 PM



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