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Philco 70A - Crist Rigotti - 06-17-2015
I'm looking at getting this Philco 70A. The guy is asking $50 for it. What do you think?
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RE: Philco 70A - Phlogiston - 06-18-2015
Go for it.
RE: Philco 70A - morzh - 06-18-2015
Very good price.
RE: Philco 70A - Crist Rigotti - 06-18-2015
I asked for the s/n and he sent me this: 446650 he wasn't sure if it was the s/n but said that it was stamped into the chassis. Do you think that it is above 22,000 mark?
Here's a pic he sent me of the underside. Can anybody tell me if it's the model above s/n 22,000?
Thanks.
RE: Philco 70A - Phlogiston - 06-18-2015
I can tell you that with those Sprague caps, rather than Mershon, it is a later production chassis. But that is all.
RE: Philco 70A - Crist Rigotti - 06-18-2015
(06-18-2015, 10:38 AM)Phlogiston Wrote: I can tell you that with those Sprague caps, rather than Mershon, it is a later production chassis. But that is all.
Thanks. I think I will get that Philco 70A. I really do want the later version especially because it has AVC. We'll see what it really is when I pick it up.
RE: Philco 70A - Steve Davis - 06-18-2015
Crist, it is an early version. You can tell at a glance by looking at the back of the chassis. The early version has three trimmers on the back, the late version has four.
Steve
RE: Philco 70A - Steve Davis - 06-18-2015
If I were you, I would get over there and hand the guy a fifty dollar bill as quickly as possible. The speaker alone is worth twice that.
Steve
RE: Philco 70A - GarySP - 06-18-2015
By all means get over there and give the owner a $50.00 before he sobers up and realizes what he's done! What intrigues me is the word "special" stamped onto the back of the chassis. Can anyone elaborate on that? Take care, Gary
RE: Philco 70A - TA Forbes - 06-18-2015
I defer to Ron's expertise in all things Philco, but if I had to venture a guess I would say it is because the chassis is for the dual speaker model.
RE: Philco 70A - Crist Rigotti - 06-18-2015
Anybody know what that bright silver pot looking thing is? I don't see it anywhere on the NA docs.
RE: Philco 70A - Ron Ramirez - 06-18-2015
No model 70 ever had dual speakers. Philco only used dual speakers in some 1932 and a few very early 1933 models.
I agree with Steve and Gary - get over there and grab that radio!
Whatever that potentiometer is, it isn't original. But you can correct that later.
Finally...when you talk about serial number 22,000 I think you mean B22000? 446650 is below B22000.
RE: Philco 70A - Crist Rigotti - 06-18-2015
(06-18-2015, 05:53 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote: No model 70 ever had dual speakers. Philco only used dual speakers in some 1932 and a few very early 1933 models.
I agree with Steve and Gary - get over there and grab that radio!
Whatever that potentiometer is, it isn't original. But you can correct that later.
Finally...when you talk about serial number 22,000 I think you mean B22000? 446650 is below B22000.
We are finalizing the deal this evening!
Ron, Thanks for your input. I suspect the pot has something to do with the volume pot being bad and somebody kluged it in.
OK on the serial number stuff. I don't get it, but it is below B22000.
RE: Philco 70A - Ron Ramirez - 06-18-2015
Once Philco serial numbers reached 999999, instead of going to seven characters (1000000), instead they added an A at the beginning and retained six characters. So, the next number after 999999 was A00000.
Once they reached A99999, they went to B00000.
And so forth and so on.
Some time during the rubber-covered wiring era, Philco finally began to use seven characters in their serial numbers. This was probably around the time they stopped stamping them into the chassis and started putting them on metallic stickers instead, which were stuck to the chassis.
RE: Philco 70A - morzh - 06-18-2015
So, they used Hex numbering before it became popular with computer types
