12-03-2014, 08:05 AM
Yes, Greg, it does indeed, and I am very happy with it! 
A few more photos now to wrap up this topic:
Look inside the cabinet; you can see the spot where the original power transformer had a meltdown prior to my purchase of the set.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00038.jpg]
Using some original old dial cord salvaged from a dead radio some time back, I restrung the mechanism that moves the band indicator lamp up and down. I also soldered the grounded end of cap (30) to the ground lug which is held in place by one of the screws and nuts that holds the dial back plate in place. Once the loose end of (30) was properly grounded, the volume dropped slightly but the tone quality increased.
After all this was done, the chassis went back into the cabinet.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00039.jpg]
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00040.jpg]
Here is a close-up of the broken dial scale.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00041.jpg]
You can't see Greg's fine reflocking work here, because apparently when the scale was broken, someone applied a piece of wide cellophane tape to the back of the dial to hold the pieces in place. Now the tape has yellowed and become hard, as this type of tape inevitably does. Once I have a new dial scale made, this problem will be resolved and the flocking will be visible once again. That isn't going to happen for a while, though.
You may recall that I had mentioned holes drilled in the right side of the cabinet, which line up with the alignment screws on that side of the radio chassis:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00042.jpg]
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00043.jpg]
I'm not sure what to do about those. Leave them, and the cabinet will always be an ugly duckling; patch them, and they will always show. Yes, that top band on both sides of the cabinet, going around to the front, is photofinish.
The original speaker was not attached to anything - it is merely held in place by being wedged between the speaker opening of the cabinet and the front of the chassis. This speaker is really too large for this set; it should have a smaller speaker mounted to the chassis as in the 41-240, 41-245, 41-712, etc. But since this speaker came with the set, and the chassis has a short cable with a 3-pin connector to connect to this speaker, I decided to leave it as it was made. It sounds very good and the set plays well now.
So that is it for this Tropic, for now. Perhaps next summer I will do something about the cabinet; when it happens, that will be a subject for the Philco Cabinet Restorations forum.
A few more photos now to wrap up this topic:
Look inside the cabinet; you can see the spot where the original power transformer had a meltdown prior to my purchase of the set.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00038.jpg]
Using some original old dial cord salvaged from a dead radio some time back, I restrung the mechanism that moves the band indicator lamp up and down. I also soldered the grounded end of cap (30) to the ground lug which is held in place by one of the screws and nuts that holds the dial back plate in place. Once the loose end of (30) was properly grounded, the volume dropped slightly but the tone quality increased.
After all this was done, the chassis went back into the cabinet.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00039.jpg]
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00040.jpg]
Here is a close-up of the broken dial scale.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00041.jpg]
You can't see Greg's fine reflocking work here, because apparently when the scale was broken, someone applied a piece of wide cellophane tape to the back of the dial to hold the pieces in place. Now the tape has yellowed and become hard, as this type of tape inevitably does. Once I have a new dial scale made, this problem will be resolved and the flocking will be visible once again. That isn't going to happen for a while, though.
You may recall that I had mentioned holes drilled in the right side of the cabinet, which line up with the alignment screws on that side of the radio chassis:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00042.jpg]
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00043.jpg]
I'm not sure what to do about those. Leave them, and the cabinet will always be an ugly duckling; patch them, and they will always show. Yes, that top band on both sides of the cabinet, going around to the front, is photofinish.
The original speaker was not attached to anything - it is merely held in place by being wedged between the speaker opening of the cabinet and the front of the chassis. This speaker is really too large for this set; it should have a smaller speaker mounted to the chassis as in the 41-240, 41-245, 41-712, etc. But since this speaker came with the set, and the chassis has a short cable with a 3-pin connector to connect to this speaker, I decided to leave it as it was made. It sounds very good and the set plays well now.
So that is it for this Tropic, for now. Perhaps next summer I will do something about the cabinet; when it happens, that will be a subject for the Philco Cabinet Restorations forum.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
