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Pilot X-131 finished - SteveJB - 10-25-2015
Just finished it today. A nice player, but a lot of rubber wire.
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RE: Pilot X-131 finished - klondike98 - 10-25-2015
Lookin' good!
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - VntgRads - 10-26-2015
Very nice radio with a beautiful finish! Where did you find your decals? I have a Pilot H220 and it is one heck of a performer.
Craig R.
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - SteveJB - 10-26-2015
Thanks! Those are the original decals. I lightly sanded the cabinet and sprayed with clear lacquer, sanding in between coats. It cleaned up well and sounds great.
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - mikethedruid - 10-26-2015
Congratulations, beautiful radio. It will be fun to see what you can pick up on the shortwave bands.
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - Eliot Ness - 10-26-2015
Very nice! I love the look of the old Pilots and yours looks especially nice with the original finish spruced up a bit.
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - Fred Taylor - 10-27-2015
Nice job, that's a good looking radio. The fins for speaker opening real makes the cabinet POP.
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - leftwing25 - 10-27-2015
Agree with Fred. Man, I love radios like that. Art-Deco was the best style ever. What year was that from? ED
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - SteveJB - 10-28-2015
I think it was a 1941 model. It's been playing great for a week now. My new daily driver.
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - TA Forbes - 10-29-2015
Cool set!! I have a Pilot H224, a 12 tube (incl 1 ballast) AC/DC set with four 25L6 output tubes, a roller dial, and a serpentine filament string! It is a decent receiver and has decent sound, but is not of the same quality as a comparable transformer set.
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - Crist Rigotti - 10-29-2015
Very nice indeed!
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - Paul Philco322 - 10-29-2015
Pilot was an interesting company, made stuff in New York and Massachusetts. I got beat on a large table set at a swap not long ago, it was not as sharp but had a unique look and very large knobs.
Good luck with that very fine looking set.
Paul
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - SteveJB - 10-30-2015
Thank you for all the nice comments.
Steve
RE: Pilot X-131 finished - Arran - 11-01-2015
That dial in that Pilot reminds me of the ones used in the 1939 RCA Victor models, white lettering and numbers on a brown background, the shade of brown is the same too.
Regards
Arran