[titan1a]

Slowly but surely the Philco "scavenger hunt" is ending successfully. There were those who thought I'd lost my mind. I almost lost hope but persevered. There's still left-over money just in case. Is it worth it? I still believe so!

Received the 6F6 output tubes and the replacement grill cloth today. Over the last three weeks the caps were all replaced, the out of tolerance resisters and all the rubber grommets. All of the bad tubes are replaced. The shadowmeter was tested for fit with the, newly arrived,  retaining clips to the bezel and checked. The shadowmeter was temporarily connected and tested/adjusted. The band selector was lubed and turns smoothly as does the tuning control. Burned-out lights were replaced and will be re-aimed. I'm awaiting the replacement dial, light diffuser and rebuilt speaker. Preliminary tests show the radio is functional and after the last parts come in, will be aligned.

Last is the refinished cabinet. In the condition it's in, I don't trust my skills to do the job. I have an estimate of $500- $600. I could leave it "as is" with it's highly weathered "patina" but I wouldn't be happy doing a half-assed job. Any comments?