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My new Philco 70 cathedral - SteveG - 04-27-2017

Got this early 70 recently and just finished detailing the cabinet.  It has a beautiful original finish!  I can't imagine a nicer original 70 out there!  I did the Gojo clean-up (it had a dark grunge all over it), with a quick wipe-down of Howards.  When that dried, I waxed it with Johnson's Paste Wax.  Very happy with how it came out.  I only wish I could do the chassis too, but my 1st grade electronics knowledge won't allow that.....
I've added a photo of the bottom of the cabinet. It shows a date stamp of SEP 17 '8. I didn't know they were building these models that early (1928). Could this cabinet be a leftover for an earlier model?
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RE: My new Philco 70 cathedral - morzh - 04-27-2017

Looks very nice indeed, Steve.

I take it, you haven't restored the chassis yet?

RE: My new Philco 70 cathedral - SteveG - 04-27-2017

No Mike. Like I said, I'm electronically challenged and at this stage in my life, it's too late to fix that. 20-30 years ago, I wanted all my radios to work. That wish was made easy with a local old school radio guy who fixed them very reasonably. He passed away back then and I paused on my collecting for about 20 years. A couple of years ago, I got the bug again and started adding to the radios I had collected back then. Some have had the chassis done and some not. Right now, I'm content to acquire nice ones and worry about the chassis later.

RE: My new Philco 70 cathedral - klondike98 - 04-27-2017

That's a nice looking set!! congrats!
Chassis looks nice and clean as well. Clearly someone put a new power cord on it at some point.

RE: My new Philco 70 cathedral - SteveG - 04-27-2017

Thanks Bob. I'm tempted to cut that power cord so no one plugs it in until it's serviced. I'll add a picture of the dated bottom of the cabinet later today.

RE: My new Philco 70 cathedral - SteveG - 04-27-2017

Added photo of the dated bottom of the cabinet.

RE: My new Philco 70 cathedral - Mondial - 04-27-2017

Steve, I would not cut that power cord off just yet. I have a feeling this radio may have been restored, at least to some extent. Its a fairly recently installed cord from the looks of it and I doubt anyone would go to the trouble of replacing it without at least installing new filter capacitors.

If you can remove the chassis from the cabinet and take a photo of the underside of the chassis, folks here would be able to tell if any recent restoration work has been done on it.

RE: My new Philco 70 cathedral - morzh - 04-27-2017

The speaker plug has not been touched, the wires coming into it seem a bit frayed.