05-25-2014, 01:00 PM
Yes I am Art!! One of the nicest sets I have ever come across. Still has the original sellers tag on the inside with a four digit phone number.
The story the lady gave me when I picked it up was it was bought new by a bush pilot and he used it up till the early 70's and then gave it to the lady I got it from as he was moving into a seniors home and didn't have the room for it anymore. She has had it in her living room and using it until I bought it from her yesterday. She had it playing when I got there and it sounds really good but needs to be worked on for sure.
I had a quick look at it and it has all Canadian Marconi tubes in it except the rectifier, it is a 5Y4G Philco and it should be the 5V4G. I am not sure if it would have come with Philco tubes or not as a lot of the Canadian radios I have come across have Marconi tubes in them. Ron do you know if a Canadian Philco would have had Philco branded tubes or not? There are no service tags but until I have a look at the chassis its hard to say what work has been done to it.
Gregb
The story the lady gave me when I picked it up was it was bought new by a bush pilot and he used it up till the early 70's and then gave it to the lady I got it from as he was moving into a seniors home and didn't have the room for it anymore. She has had it in her living room and using it until I bought it from her yesterday. She had it playing when I got there and it sounds really good but needs to be worked on for sure.
I had a quick look at it and it has all Canadian Marconi tubes in it except the rectifier, it is a 5Y4G Philco and it should be the 5V4G. I am not sure if it would have come with Philco tubes or not as a lot of the Canadian radios I have come across have Marconi tubes in them. Ron do you know if a Canadian Philco would have had Philco branded tubes or not? There are no service tags but until I have a look at the chassis its hard to say what work has been done to it.
Gregb
