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Unidentified Philco Radio/Record Player - machinefaction - 04-07-2013

Recently purchased two radio/record players from a flea market one of which says Philco on the front and has a tag inside that says the radio is a philco model 740.

I've been unable to find any information on this radio and was hoping that someone here might be able to help me out.

Here's a picture of the radio in question: [Image: http://s7.postimg.org/c99ah2qd3/Philco_pic.jpg]

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

RE: Unidentified Philco Radio/Record Player - Radioroslyn - 04-08-2013

I'd take a guess and say that it is from the late 1940's to the early 1950's. Like 1948-51.
Terry

RE: Unidentified Philco Radio/Record Player - Arran - 04-08-2013

You probably can't find anything because a Model 740 is a Canadian model number. Your best bet for finding that would be to find someone with a set of Radio College of Canada manuals if you want a schematic, though there maybe someone out there who has the Canadian Philco factory service data. It is from between 1948 and maybe 1952 by the looks of things, that being said radio phono consoles from that era don't tend to have much collectable appeal, if that was something you wanted to know.
Regards
Arran

RE: Unidentified Philco Radio/Record Player - mbhdesign - 04-16-2013

Hi Machinefaction,

I took a stab at searching through the Radiomuseum.org website and found what looks like your model:
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philco_49_1600.html

There's no photo shown, just a factory drawing. But it has most of the characteristics of your case and grille cloth placement.
A similar model (with a different case) from the same year shows a pretty accurate match to your knobs and dial glass:
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philco_49_1605.html

I would bet yours is a Philco 49-1600. But I'm sure there are older (and wiser) folk here on the forum who can confirm this!

Hope that helps!

Michael (mbhdesign)