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I'm finally just about done with this set! I painted the edges around the speaker by hand with dark paint.
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The radio came with these long "U" shims under the chassis. I wonder if they are factory or were they a later addition to compensate for mushed down rubber corner mounts ?
I've replaced the old mounts with reproductions and the shims seem redundant now.
Has anyone encountered these before ?
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One of my slant front Philcos has those "U" shaped shims also...I do not remember right now if it is my 40-150 or my 40-155, but it's one of those.
I do not know if they are factory issue or not, however.
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My guess is that the shims may be there to make the rubber mounts last longer by spreading out the weight load. Strange if it was really that much of a problem that Philco didn't just redesign their chassis mounts or add a lip on each corner sheet metal above the mount rather then putting a long "U' shaped shim in there?
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I spent a couple days rubbing out the cabinet and boy are my arms tired!
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I hope to finish off this project later tonight
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WOW...that cabinet shure is PURTY.
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Thanks Ron. I think it's my best cabinet restoration so far. Soon I may feel up to finally tackling my 15DX
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And at long last, it's a wrap
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The only thing left is to print out some station preset inserts.
In retrospect I'm kind of amazed it's working at all considering the rotted wiring, open output transformer etc...
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