The PHILCO Phorum

At my local radio club swap meet I found a 60 that the guy refinished the cabinet on (not sure he did it the original way with lacquer and toner, but it still looks good). The price was decent, and I love the deco look of the cabinet, so I scooped it up. Not sure what exact variation it is, but the 6A7 does not have a shield base, so it would probably be the last variant.

Got it home to discover the dial is cracked and part missing. The part number is 27-5102. Unfortunately that is not the dial Mark Oppat produces. I know Radio Daze reproduces this one. But I got a dial for my 40-180 from them that I wasn't thrilled with. Are they the only game in town on this one?

Also, the dial was sitting way too low in the bezel. Looks like this chassis had rubber washers/grommets under it. Any idea what size they should be?

Two of the knobs are not the original "bullet" style. Does any one reproduce those, or do I need to look for oem knobs?

Anything else I need to know about this chassis that I should keep an eye out for?

Thanks,

Nick

About grommets: every time I need one I measure where they go and how high I need them and just go to Lowe's. If I have an old one - even better.
Almost always I could get what I need, even if it is a combo of a grommet and a rubber washer to pad it if the thickness is not enough.

Then of coures there is Mark, there is the Renovated Radios.
Knobs are possibly reproduced, but you could start asking here: at least one person here deals in knobs - Mike Koste and his Gobs of Knobs, again, Mark Oppat, Julie McCall.

Go to Home Page and choose Resources, they are all there.

In the past I have used the off white colored toilet seat washers with some success.
Henry

Used?

Nick, If this was at the WARC swap meet for $45, and was indeed a model 60, then I looked at it. After it (apparently) was sold and sitting on a chair behind the seller's table . In taking a peek behind it, I noticed it was missing one of the capacitor cans but otherwise looked complete and decent. You got a good deal. It has a cabinet similar to my model 89 pictured as my thumbnail here.

Haha. Small world. That was infact me who bought it at WARC. I have a soft spot for radios that just scream Art Deco, and this one did for me.

The seller said it lights up, and hums. But that's it. I'll go through and recap and replace the resistors (they are all dogbones, which in my experience usually means there is a 75% chance they are out of spec) and see what happens.

Which I should probably focus on before worrying about knobs, grommets, and dials. I looked under it tonight. Philco went crazy with the bakelite blocks on this one. I only did one of those before. A bit messy, but I got the job done. I'll be an expert after this one.