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A Sorry-Looking Philco 52-942 for $5 Yields Satisfaction
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11-09-2019, 04:13 PM
My older daughter asked if I'd be interested in this radio for $5 (for sale in Dublin, TX where she lives).  I said sure, fully expecting it to just be for parts.  After seeing that the chassis and antenna were in decent shape, I decided to try to salvage it.  I stabilized the cracked right side with epoxy and then used a metal, plastic, and fiberglass polish called Flitz on the cabinet and metal trim.  It worked well.  I used Novus #2 on the dial face.  All the tubes tested good and I did the standard capacitor and resistor replacements.  As received photos are below.  End result is at https://youtu.be/H-Gc-jr-wcM


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11-09-2019, 04:55 PM
Very nice job and it sounds good. Icon_thumbup
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11-09-2019, 05:50 PM
Nice job ! Great looking and great sounding radio.
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11-09-2019, 10:17 PM
A true restoration, a real rescue.  Icon_clap

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11-12-2019, 08:22 AM
Great Job!
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11-14-2019, 10:52 PM
Excellent job! Worth every penny of the $5!
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