Custom 1936 model 645 - Printable Version

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Custom 1936 model 645 - PhilcoPhan1936 - 07-08-2020

Last year, a local friend was cleaning out their garage, and gave me a couple chassis. One is a 645 rescued from a crumbling 645 console.
I have no need for more consoles. 
So I thought it might be a fun challenge to come up with and build my own tabletop tombstone. I like the shouldered tombstones.
I also like the grille cutout of the 650L.
So I cobbled these together in Photoshop.
Which do you all like best?
I recently saw a non Philco table top with the speaker on the bottom, and thought it was interesting. Hence the different design.
If I do move forward, it would drive some purists crazy, and possibly some historian crazy in 50 years. 

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RE: Custom 1936 model 645 - RodB - 07-08-2020

Harp on top.

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RE: Custom 1936 model 645 - Radioroslyn - 07-08-2020

From a practical point radio on the bottom speaker on top makes more sense. Easier to tune and see dial when it's placed on a table. But I think I like it the other way around (I'm lisdexsic).

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RE: Custom 1936 model 645 - RodB - 07-09-2020

Thought you were Italian.

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RE: Custom 1936 model 645 - morzh - 07-09-2020

Speaker on top looks more appropriate to me.

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