[Jamie]

Thanks guys. Yeah, that crack in the veneer will be an issue for sure. It's not too bad as far as peeling away from the cabinet, but it is dried out and cracked. I don't know about that switch either, It didn't appear to be connected to anything, but we will see. 1930's Philcos are hard to come by in my area, so I'm not too picky.

I never did properly introduce myself here, so here goes..

I'm 52 years old, and I reside in Kentucky. I used to be a partner in a company that installed and serviced computer networks, so I have some electronics in my background. I'm also a sports agent, and have been in that business for 30 years. I've been messing with radios for about 6 months..

There are three cabinets behind the 37-650. Those radios all there because of my very first attempt to restore a radio. About six months ago, we found a Philco 46-1226 at a yard sale for $20. It looked great and the cabinet was almost perfect. At the time, I had zero experience repairing radios. Little did I know that the black sticky stuff on the chassis was the remnants of the transformer. So, we had a very nice cabinet with no working radio and I couldn't fix it. A month later, I find a 46-1209 (the cabinet was totally shot) for $10. I bought it hoping to do a transformer swap. That's when I earned my nickname ... "Puhpow" ..lol.. Since then, I've been looking for another 42-1226, and I finally saw one on Craigslist. Picked it up for $20. The cabinet is shot, but the chassis looks good. I hope to get it up and running and swap it into my original 1226 cabinet. The 46-1226 isn't a rare radio, but it got me into this hobby, so I owe it a good repair job. Since I bought it, I've learned a lot, mostly from reading posts here, but I've also read several books. I've now successfully repaired about 30 radios and sold several to some very nice collectors. I've got a tube tester and a signal generator, and I'm looking for a variac.

I've done a lot of things in my life.. I rode rodeo when I was younger, did a stint as a jockey, raced motorcycles, restored Corvettes and Mustangs... but I tell you this - There is no other hobby that has nicer people involved than antique radio. I can say that I genuinely like everyone I've met and been involved with. This forum is a great example of that attitude, and I really appreciate the way everyone jumps in to help out a newbie who is stuck. Thanks to you all, and to Ron for creating such a cool website.