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Howdy all -
Seeking opinions on identifying this little Philco Transitone. Very small with all loctel tubes. No identifying labels. I've searched through the Philco gallery from years 39'+ but haven't seen anything like this.
Thanks,
Paul
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That is not a Philco cabinet - it is a Philco chassis in a homemade, third party, or other than Philco cabinet.
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That's interesting. From a bakelite model?
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Ron will likely know but it looks like it was a chassis from a 1940 PT-25
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Last shot shows the back.
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Don't take my word for it then, what do I know. 
If you prefer, you can tell your friends that you have the only custom-built Philco Transitone in existence, built especially for James Carmine.
But it would not be true - it's still an orphan chassis in a non-original cabinet.
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I would guess this is a third party cabinet.
It seems to be professionally built.
The thought of third party comes from the fact that everything seems (Ron correct me if I am wrong) to fit very well, all openings for speaker, shafts, dial are where they should be and the chassis fits pretty nicely with reasonable margins.
The radio is too cheap a model for a Philco to order a custom cabinet for it.
And for a different brand the fitting is too good.
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Sounds good to me.  I'd like to try and identify the chassis so I can locate schematics. Thanks for the help.
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Based on the design of the dial scale...and the fact that it has no slide switch in back so it is AM only...and tunes up to 1700 kc...points to the chassis being either a PT-25 or PT-27.
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Thanks for the feedback fellas. Its sincerely appreciated.
I have to wonder under what circumstances this radio was made. Perhaps a cabinet maker who had the radio but a damaged cabinet or someone simply testing their skills.
How often have you run across this?
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Looks like that dial is flopping around back and forth in there.
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Hi,
Just a curious question on this radio.
So what do the numbers on the bottom of the scale mean?
(180-545).
Is this some kind of long wave band like they used to
have in Europe?
Or do the numbers mean something else entirely!
Just wondering...
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The numbers on the bottom of the scale are simply the frequencies on the top of the scale expressed in wavelength (meters). 550 KHz = 545 meters, 1700 KHz = 180 meters.
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2014, 11:35 PM by jontz.)
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OK, that makes sense...
First time I've seen wavelengths on a dial
but maybe I just haven't been paying attention!
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Hello all...new member and first post here. Id sure agree the chassis/dial are probably out of an old PT 25 that was left homeless.
I also remember this particular set and where it was listed. Sellers might do well to suggest a homebrew/other cabinet than play up the "unknown model"
angle. Ive gotten so I assume "homebrew" whenever I cant find a clear ID...particularly with a Philco as the models are very well documented.
More general note. I enjoy reading here and appreciate the depth of information and all the effort involved....even if I only own a few Philco models.
Nobody will ever pry my PT 44/ PT 7 etc from my fingers.
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