Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Philco Skyscraper 40-190 find
#1

Found this yesterday. The cabinet is really nice


Attached Files Image(s)
   
#2

Indeed. Very nice looking radio. I like this style a bit better than 4x-x80 style.

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.
#3

+1
Those don't seem the show up very often.
Time to stock up on plastic wire and output transformers.

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!

Terry
#4

It's missing all of the station labels. Anyone well them, or do people make their own out of some sort of plastic?
#5

I thought the labels were paper slips?

When I had MS word one could print yellow letters with brown background.

One should still be able to do that. Choose a rugged paper that won't bleed, use ink jet but I have done it with color laser.

FWIK Libre-Office will do the same thing...

There was a thin piece of celluloid over the paper label. Plastic cut from a bottle or a piece of PEEK plastic from an art store or possibly McMaster-Carr.

That way one can have modern stations for the inserts.

I suppose any color combination, if one wished...

Oh, very nice radio too Icon_smile

GL

Chas

Pliny the younger
“nihil novum nihil varium nihil quod non semel spectasse sufficiat”
#6

That's a much nicer cabinet than the typical Philco offering of that era.
#7

I saw one of those 3 months ago on CL but passed. It stayed listed there until about a week or 2 ago when I decided I liked it and messaged the seller. They said it sold 3 months ago, Icon_lol

Icon_smile

Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6




Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
[-]
Recent Posts
Samlex heavy-Duty bench supply filter question
Hello Everyone, I have one of my Heavy-duty bench powersuplies made by Samlex it's 13.8 volt dc 20-25 amp supply. What I...radiorich — 11:24 PM
Looking for place to donate unique Philco Philco J-1930 Prototype
It's a Glaser Sears changer which Philco's engineers thought was an upgrade over a VM, but in retrospect I'd prefer the ...jeibner — 10:39 PM
AC/DC Transformer-less Sets
Joseph, Thank you for the confirmation. I knew that there must be more to the Transformer-less AC/DC radios than the ...PeterN — 10:30 PM
AC/DC Transformer-less Sets
Good evening, folks. Power station engineer here! The east coast had pockets of DC-only power well into the twentieth...jrblasde — 10:11 PM
AC/DC Transformer-less Sets
Model 40 does not have a rectifier, so it would be a DC only model. This however does not say anything about using...morzh — 08:01 PM
AC/DC Transformer-less Sets
I was wondering if anyone knows if these AC/DC transformer-less sets were actually used on 110v DC anywhere, and when. ...PeterN — 06:35 PM
Looking for place to donate unique Philco Philco J-1930 Prototype
Given the 1960s vintage, it is likely that the cartridge is ceramic, likely more stable. The changer looks like a Voice...MrFixr55 — 05:03 PM
Jackson 665 j2 schematic request
FIXED!daveone23 — 03:55 PM
Bakelite crack repair - what is best epoxy?
Thanks everyone. I appreciate you sharing your experience and looks like I'll work with the 24 hr two part clear epoxy....de371 — 10:25 PM
Jackson 665 j2 schematic request
Without a schematic its going to be hard tracing the wire wound spool resistors.daveone23 — 05:21 PM

[-]
Who's Online
There are currently 5251 online users. [Complete List]
» 2 Member(s) | 5249 Guest(s)
AvatarAvatar

>