I am restoring a Philco model 41-280 and I am wondering what type of grill cloth was used at the time of manufactering. I also would like to know if anyone knows fo anywhere to get the chassis overhauled. I mainly just know about cabinet restoration and not anything about the chassis.
Hi all, I know this post is a little old, but I thought I'd post this anyway.
I found that many models did not use a patterned cloth, like something fancy. It was more of a open weave plain cloth. No real pattern.
The 40-180, and the 42-385 definitely had the same type of cloth. It looks like the 41-280 also uses the same cloth.
The grille bars were so close together, it didn't ned a fancy cloth.
Here is an old post I made, showing the cloth close up.
http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread...86#pid5186
This stuff should be a lot easier to find than the now scarce, fancy grillecloth
Hope this helps.