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Starting restore on 118 cathedral
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I picked this Philco 118 cathedral up last November at the Dallas Radio auction convention and have been looking forward to working on it and started today Icon_biggrin . The cabinet was in decent shape other than some cracked veneer lifting and very bad finish which was original . The chassis is a deferent story with its rusted surface from mouse piss and rubber mounts dry rotted on tuning condenser, just a real mess, so I took it apart and lightly bead blasted chassis except for the cans which I will polish. I guess I will paint the chassis so it will look very nice and be protected from the elements for the next 100 years or so. 


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Starting restore on 118 cathedral - by Fred Taylor - 01-10-2016, 08:54 PM
RE: Starting restore on 118 cathedral - by Arran - 01-11-2016, 04:09 AM
RE: Starting restore on 118 cathedral - by SteveG - 01-13-2016, 12:57 AM
RE: Starting restore on 118 cathedral - by Arran - 01-13-2016, 02:47 AM
RE: Starting restore on 118 cathedral - by SteveG - 01-13-2016, 03:25 PM



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