11-20-2005, 10:56 PM
I'd almost forgotten about this, but here is something for Chuck and Ron to chew on.
Possibly in the early eighties, I found a chassis that is glaringly Philco, but hand made. It appears at first to be a 116, or perhaps even a 16 chassis. It has only a single end 42 output stage, but the full-serving receiver that a 16 or 116 would be. It is a 5 band set. I put a 116 dial scale on it that I had laying around at the time I got the set. It seems to be the correct one. There had been no scale on it when I got it. The dial drive is not a 16 design, but the 1936 style.
Holes in the chassis are drilled; not punched as in a production build. It has two additional controls on the front of the chassis other than what the regular Philcos had. I haven't traced the schematic, but they appear to be possibly a second tone control or perhaps a sensitivity control and something else. The tube shields are not the regular square Philco style, but ordinary cylindrical generic types.
In addition to the above, I found ANOTHER similar Philco at AWA a few years ago, in a cabinet like a 16 shouldered tombstone, again with two extra controls on the panel. The dial bezel is hand-made, but looks possibly like the factory prototype shop could have done it. I haven't dug into it, mainly because I've forgotten about it. This one looks like anoher prototype, possibly in the same general era. It could be possibly about 1934, if they were prototyping the 116. The dial is the "shadow box" style, as on a 16, 1935 model. (I have one to compare it to)
Indeed, I can photograph the daylights out of the two sets, and I should do some research on them. I wonder if there is any other stuff out in the world that would tie into these two Philcos. I wonder if Ron or Chuck would have heard of anything like these sets.
Mystery of the week!
Possibly in the early eighties, I found a chassis that is glaringly Philco, but hand made. It appears at first to be a 116, or perhaps even a 16 chassis. It has only a single end 42 output stage, but the full-serving receiver that a 16 or 116 would be. It is a 5 band set. I put a 116 dial scale on it that I had laying around at the time I got the set. It seems to be the correct one. There had been no scale on it when I got it. The dial drive is not a 16 design, but the 1936 style.
Holes in the chassis are drilled; not punched as in a production build. It has two additional controls on the front of the chassis other than what the regular Philcos had. I haven't traced the schematic, but they appear to be possibly a second tone control or perhaps a sensitivity control and something else. The tube shields are not the regular square Philco style, but ordinary cylindrical generic types.
In addition to the above, I found ANOTHER similar Philco at AWA a few years ago, in a cabinet like a 16 shouldered tombstone, again with two extra controls on the panel. The dial bezel is hand-made, but looks possibly like the factory prototype shop could have done it. I haven't dug into it, mainly because I've forgotten about it. This one looks like anoher prototype, possibly in the same general era. It could be possibly about 1934, if they were prototyping the 116. The dial is the "shadow box" style, as on a 16, 1935 model. (I have one to compare it to)
Indeed, I can photograph the daylights out of the two sets, and I should do some research on them. I wonder if there is any other stuff out in the world that would tie into these two Philcos. I wonder if Ron or Chuck would have heard of anything like these sets.
Mystery of the week!
