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What Philco? Franken? - OldRestorer - 11-08-2017
Is this a real Philco or a Phranken Transitone?
No other pics yet. he said the chassis looks like a PT-25
RE: What Philco? Franken? - Radioroslyn - 11-08-2017
You gotta quit hanging around over there [Image: http://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif]
Best guess is that it's a CA model or a homemade cab.
As for the model it doesn't matter much all of those
Transitones are pretty much the same, exception
being the Philco /Simplex model(s).
RE: What Philco? Franken? - Ron Ramirez - 11-08-2017
...actually many of the Simplex/Philco Transitones are the same.
That is not a factory Philco cabinet. Simplex? No idea but I doubt it.
Could be a third party cabinet, or even an exceptionally well done homemade cabinet. Maybe this was originally in a Bakelite cabinet and the original owner broke the original cabinet and did this (or had it done)?
RE: What Philco? Franken? - OldRestorer - 11-08-2017
It resembled the late 30's philco grills so I thought there might be a chance at it being correct.
It is my other past time Terry
RE: What Philco? Franken? - Radioroslyn - 11-08-2017
The Simplex I was thinking of is a trf set.
RE: What Philco? Franken? - Joe Rossi - 11-19-2017
Poor cabinet. Doesn't look anything like Al Franken. You should be ashamed!
Really, the cabinet is reminiscent of a Sparton. Joe
RE: What Philco? Franken? - Arran - 11-20-2017
Are there any pictures of the back? I thought that I might ask as there are some Canadian Philcos that have different cabinets from the U.S models. The only other thing I can think of is that it might be a cabinet for a Motorola or some other brand that has a similar knob and dial layout.
Regards
Arran
RE: What Philco? Franken? - Joe Rossi - 11-20-2017
The dial and knob spacing looks like the chassis could be a 39-652, PT-33, PT-25, PT-61, or a PT-39. The cabinet could be as Arran says, a Canadian version...?
RE: What Philco? Franken? - OldRestorer - 11-21-2017
I don't have any other pics sorry..