The PHILCO Phorum

I bought this radio several years ago and just now have started to dig into it. What I found is that the chassis in this is a model 60 yet the tag inside the cabinet says 66. Did Philco interchange these chassis?

Heads up: 60 and 66 (which are very similar) suffers from open RF chokes, especially the oscillator one.

The only open I've found is the antenna primary. That doesn't mean that the rest aren't suffering the green disease and will soon be open.

The one I did (bought from Skip) had a classic corroded outer layer.
And I heard of others.

You can pretty much count on one of two things:

1, some previous collector stuck a 60 chassis inside a 66 cabinet; or
2, it is possible that a Philco employee could have put the wrong sticker inside the cabinet.

Jim, if you could post a picture of the radio in question, it could help determine just which it is (1 or 2).

I've seen a model 19 chassis with a "CHASSIS TYPE 91" sticker, and vice versa. And I own a 200X cabinet that has a 201 chassis inside, factory made. A Philco employee stuck a 201 sticker over the 200X sticker inside the cabinet. In this case, I suspect it was done to get rid of excess 200X cabinet stock.

OK, here are pictures of the chassis tag, cabinet and cabinet tag.

Well, that is definitely a 66B cabinet.

Now I suspect more than ever that a chassis switcheroo was done in recent decades by someone.

Notice how the power cord has been replaced, and someone also added a strain relief and some electrical tape.

Flip the chassis over and look for a filter choke. Then check the dial scale.

If the chassis has a filter choke and a SW band covering 4.2 to 12 mc, then it is a 66.

If the chassis has no filter choke and a "police" band covering 1.5 to 3 or so mc, then it is a 60.

Ron wins. It does have a filter choke and the SW scale goes from 1.5 to 4 Mc. Definitely a model 60 chassis. Guess I have a kind of cludge even though the chassis seems to fit perfectly.

It should fit perfectly...the 60 and 66 chassis are the same size. Same control shaft layout and spacing, same tubes used (and in the same places too!).

Well I've decided not to attempt this one. First off, wrong chassis and I like to match chassis with cabinets. Second, open antenna transformer, power switch, and one of the nastiest looking attempts at repairing a speaker cone I have ever seen. Not to mention the cabinet which needs work for lifting veneer on one side. Guess I'm getting too picky in my old age. Might just part it out, who knows.

I wouldn't let any of that stop me.

Steve

Decided I'm going to keep the chassis since I have another 60 I haven't looked at yet and since I'm not a cabinet man it will probably be put up for sale.

Hi Jim and all - new member here.  Just got into repairing older Philco radios although I knew they would be a challenge.  I acquired a Philco 66B and it has correct chassis but my cabinet is in bad shape.  Got lucky with my coils but had an open filter choke, fortunately even the filter was repairable with just a broken internal connection.  So I have my chassis working and in good shape.  But my cabinet has a missing bakelite bezel and is in broken up condition.  If you are parting out your radio I'd be interested in acquiring your cabinet and/or just the bezel.

Welcome to the Phorum dacsman!

Thanks for the welcome!  I'll try to contribute to the phorum if I can.