The PHILCO Phorum

Instead of imposing on other people's threads I thought it would be better to start a new one.

Back at Christmas time my brother-in-law, who is a realtor, called to tell me he found a radio inside the wall of a house he had bought to flip. He removed the chassis and gave it to me for Christmas. It turned out to be a Zenith 9-S-262 shutter dial. Unfortunately he didn't get the speaker and another realtor had sold the house before he could get back to it.



I restored the chassis and kept an eye open for a cabinet and speaker.



I was lucky enough to find an empty cabinet at the Kutztown show in May.



I started to reglue the cabinet.



The speaker board was too bad to reglue.



I removed the speaker board, which started to fall apart, and used it as a template to make a new board.



OK, we're up to date. More to follow.

Larry

I picked up a speaker with the acoustic adapter yesterday so basically all the large parts are in-house. The speaker is in nice shape but the beehive needs some repairs.



Larry

Everything seems to be going well Larry, looking forward to more progress reports.

It looks like you got a nice radio and the price was right.
I find it interesting when you get parts from different places and everything falls into place.Keep us informed with photos.

Still doing veneer repairs. This has been mentioned before but a good way to clamp down veneers on a curve is to use a cheap web belt tie down. Work the glue under the lifted veneer, press it down and squeeze out the extra then wipe it away, lay a piece of wax paper over it and strap it down with a web belt (ratchet type) tie down. Be careful not to over-tighten, an easy thing to do.



Larry

On the web belt method, did you put a temporary friction-fit brace between the side of the cabinet (across the rear opening)?

No, it wasn't necessary.

Larry

Progress, I think.

I picked up another cabinet today. It's filthy but it seems to be in solid condition and, with a great deal of luck, I'm hoping I can save the grille cloth.





Larry

Btw Larry have you checked, do you have tye org. 6t5 eye tube? Would be supercool.

I have the 6T5 eye tube but it has a small dead spot on it.

Gently using my wife's (don't tell her) ironing spray water bottle I gently sprayed small sections of the grille cloth while also gently brushing the area with my Shop-Vac. It's not completely dry in the photo but you can see the improvement. I was hoping it would lessen the appearence of that water stain on the upper right but it did not. Not sure what to do about that, I may have to live with it.





Larry

Wow, looks great thanks fo sharing. Lots of good tips along the way. LIK/

With luck I was able to remove the speaker board and grille cloth intact today. The cloth does not appear to be dry-rotted so I am optimistic that it can be saved (fingers crossed).



Larry

Amazing how the original color that was covered up on the outside is so much lighter than what has been exposed for 70+ years. Must be a lot of nicotine buildup on that. I hope your cleaning efforts are successful.

- Geoff

Hopefully I'll be able to get back at this radio in the next couple of days. The past few weeks have been a mess. The tranny blew on my Ford Ranger ($3300) right after I invested $700 in new tires. After driving Rangers for 28 years I just decided it was time for a change so I shopped for a good used Toyota 4Runner. I found one in the next state which, of course, requires jumping thru hoops to get it licensed and safety inspected here in PA. Tomorrow morning it should get stickered and I should be good to go. Oh, did I mention the wife's trip to the ER for irregular heartbeat? Yeah, it's been one of those Summers. At least there's Kutztown to look forward to.

Larry