05-30-2007, 05:56 PM
A couple days ago my wife called me at work to tell me she was at a yard sale, and
they had an old furniture type radio, you know the kind with tubes and
did I want her to buy it?
When she told me they wanted $15 for it, I said Buy It!
Went home at lunch to see what it was. It turned out to be a Philco Model
71 Lowboy. Unfortunately, it has apparently been painted over with a
antique cream color finish, and grillcloth replaced with matching
fabric, but I suppose that can be fixed. Also, there is some wood damage where it got bumped by something, but I think I can fix it with a little bit of wood glue.
The seller claimed that it still works, but it looks
like it hasn't been fired up in quite some time. The tuning dial string has popped off, so the knob doesn't turn the tuning cap.
The speaker is torn, so I hope it's possible to re-cone it.
Here are some pictures of it.
http://mesamike.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=257
Those filter caps don't look original, so I guess the radio has been worked on before.
they had an old furniture type radio, you know the kind with tubes and
did I want her to buy it?
When she told me they wanted $15 for it, I said Buy It!
Went home at lunch to see what it was. It turned out to be a Philco Model
71 Lowboy. Unfortunately, it has apparently been painted over with a
antique cream color finish, and grillcloth replaced with matching
fabric, but I suppose that can be fixed. Also, there is some wood damage where it got bumped by something, but I think I can fix it with a little bit of wood glue.
The seller claimed that it still works, but it looks
like it hasn't been fired up in quite some time. The tuning dial string has popped off, so the knob doesn't turn the tuning cap.
The speaker is torn, so I hope it's possible to re-cone it.
Here are some pictures of it.
http://mesamike.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=257
Those filter caps don't look original, so I guess the radio has been worked on before.
