11-28-2005, 09:48 AM
Hi Paul
You might want to look over "Transitone History 101" in the Philco-Transitone Auto Radios section:
http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=22
When Philco initially brought out their 1940 model lineup in June 1939, they continued the small line of "Transitone" (no Philco) models. This changed in August 1939 when they added the PHILCO name to the sets, new dial scales on many of them, etc. Model numbers changed from TH-xx and TP-xx to PT-xx at this time, also.
It certainly appears that all of the little Transitone models were built by Simplex for Philco (Philco bought controlling interest in Simplex in 1937). I've seen an example of one Transitone that was marketed under the Simplex name also; there may have been others, as I own a Transitone chassis with a very different dial scale (no name).
You might want to look over "Transitone History 101" in the Philco-Transitone Auto Radios section:
http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=22
When Philco initially brought out their 1940 model lineup in June 1939, they continued the small line of "Transitone" (no Philco) models. This changed in August 1939 when they added the PHILCO name to the sets, new dial scales on many of them, etc. Model numbers changed from TH-xx and TP-xx to PT-xx at this time, also.
It certainly appears that all of the little Transitone models were built by Simplex for Philco (Philco bought controlling interest in Simplex in 1937). I've seen an example of one Transitone that was marketed under the Simplex name also; there may have been others, as I own a Transitone chassis with a very different dial scale (no name).
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
