02-27-2016, 05:54 AM
The design of your New Zealand 37-630B/37-640B appears to be based upon the USA 37-650/37-660/37-665B. Only the NZ makers added that slanted front panel, which really sets it off and makes it look even better than the USA cabinets, I think.
Had a similar design been used here, Philco may have sold more of those models than they did.
As for the "Z" in "EZ", I can't explain it, but it appears on most of the Philco Tropic sets in my collection. All of those were built in Philadelphia for export to other countries; most of which appear to have ended up in South America but I've heard of them being in Africa and Europe as well. There's also that oddball 38-250EZ that I have yet to find any information on.
Had a similar design been used here, Philco may have sold more of those models than they did.
As for the "Z" in "EZ", I can't explain it, but it appears on most of the Philco Tropic sets in my collection. All of those were built in Philadelphia for export to other countries; most of which appear to have ended up in South America but I've heard of them being in Africa and Europe as well. There's also that oddball 38-250EZ that I have yet to find any information on.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
