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37 and 38 690 Grill cloth
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01-21-2018, 11:14 PM
I am currently restoring my 37-690 and soon my 38-690.  The 38-690 does not have any of the original cloth left and the 37-690 grill cloth is in very bad shape.  Is the Gill Cloth from Radio Daze #14 http://www.radiodaze.com/grille-cloth-14-item-grc14/ a close match for the 37-690?  Was the original for the 38-690 similar to the 37? 

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01-22-2018, 07:06 AM
Both originally used the Philco "Ribbed" cloth; the Radio Daze cloth you linked to is the only thing available these days that comes close to the original.
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01-22-2018, 09:28 AM
It is strange that in the 116 versions they used the chevron pattern and in the 690 - ribbed.
Mine is intact, and I saw others in photos....I even thought at some point, before I got mine, that the 690 had some replacement cloth, I was so sure there should've been chevron. And it would look good too!
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01-25-2018, 02:32 AM
Ron thanks I will get the Radio Daze cloth.
Morph I agree about the chevron cloth, it was used in many Philco of the era. Why such a plain cloth for their two top dogs?
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