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A Philco Boo-Boo??
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12-06-2020, 06:04 PM
Maybe I'm missing something but I appear to have a Philco 38-10 chassis in a 38-9 cabinet which is actually labeled a 38-10.
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12-06-2020, 08:23 PM
I suspect Philco was just being thrifty by using some leftover cabinets. I have a 201X in a 200X cabinet. You can see where 201 sticker was glued over the 200.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

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