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I have always wanted a really high end console radio that I could actually afford. The 1000Z, Baby Strats, Scott sets were pretty much out of my range. I got lucky back in October 2017 and I purchased a 38-690 locally here in CT from an ARF Member. It was only a 2 hour round trip and my brother in-law helped me get it home. The radio was sold in operating condition, but there were issues. Knowing that I was planning on a full restoration, I would tackle each item one at a time.
I did a post in the refinishing thread when I was working on the cabinet, but I figured I'd show the complete radio project from start to finish.
Here is a list of what needed to be done.
Repair the previous electronic restoration. Many bad solder connections were found, and caps were missed. Also many out of tolerance resistors, and 2 candohms that will be replaced. Note: There were no paper caps left for me to restuff, so I left it alone and stuck with modern caps.
Stuff the electrolytic cans with 630 V film caps.
Rebuild the RF sub chassis. only two caps were replaced and all the rest were original.
Paint the rusty main chassis, sub chassis, and power/amp chassis.
Repair the cracked dial. It was spinning loosely.
Repair the audio muting switch.
Perform an Alignment.
Refinish the cabinet. A poor attempt at refinishing before left me with a layer of polyurethane to remove.
Here are the before pictures. More to follow.
Tony
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Before pics are not bad at all. This radio is in good shape.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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I have this same model. Mine is just slightly different. Mine has a round knob in the center of console & i also have a brass tag on the front. It says exact replica of the ten millionth philco built for walton jones.
Cant find any info on the tag. Yours looks great.
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Mike,
The original pictures don’t show the runs on the front panel well. But that was the point where I decided to just refinish it.
Tony
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Absolutely beautiful work, Tony! All aspects of your restoration are top notch. A radio such as that deserves nothing but the best and that's what it received! Even my wife would allow that beautiful console in the house!
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Great job! The radio looks really good. How did you paint the chassis? Did you remove everything and spray it or did you use a brush to get around things.
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Wow! Your time was well spent on creating a masterpiece!
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Hi Bill
I used Rustoleum Satin Nickle Metalic spray paint.
https://spraypaint.rustoleum.com/product...ray-paint/
I took of the major components off the radio and sub chassis. The IF transformers and all coils had the covers removed and then they were masked off. I took the time to block off any openings that the paint could get into. Metallic paint under a chassis near wiring could have a bad outcome.
I put wide masking tape over the tube sockets and cut off the excess with an exacto knife leaving a small disk over just the socket. Also, the piece that the tube shields go over was cleaned and masked off.
On the amp chassis, I removed the caps and filter chokes as the needed painting.
I masked around the power transformers and painted them on the chassis. Then they were masked off and the chassis was painted.
The tube shields were painted with a chrome paint. Maybe not as shiny as original, but better than they were.
Took some time, but the outcome was worth it. I couldn’t leave the rust showing when the cabinet was going to look nice.
Tony
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