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Philco PT-4
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(03-03-2017, 10:25 AM)Jim Koehler Wrote:  The Kitchen Radio......!

That back is available online. 
Interesting bit of trivia is that the finished bakelite cabinet would have to pass inspection to qualify as a brown cabinet. Once in a while a cabinet would come along on the inspection line that didn't quite meet the standards. If the cab was physically perfect most likely the culprit was a bad mix of liquid bakelite. Looks-wise the cab was a mess of colors. 

Hence, the White Kitchen Radio.

If you have to strip the cab....look for it.

...Jim

 Not necessarily, there is a 42-PT92 thread in the cabinet restoration section, and after the cabinet was stripped it was found to be molded out of black Bakelite. The same was true for an ivory Philco hippo model I own, under the paint was black Bakelite. It's a small sampling to be certain but it would seem that most of these cabinets were molded with the intention of being painted and were not simply seconds. It would be easy enough to tell without stripping the cabinet, if it was molded from brown Bakelite verses black one could tell from the inside by cleaning off some of the overspray, the colour will be the same on the inside as well as the outside.
Regards
Arran


Messages In This Thread
Philco PT-4 - by vecher - 03-03-2017, 01:08 AM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by morzh - 03-03-2017, 09:45 AM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by Jim Koehler - 03-03-2017, 10:25 AM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by Arran - 03-05-2017, 12:10 AM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by Paul Philco322 - 03-03-2017, 09:07 PM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by vecher - 03-04-2017, 04:55 PM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by vecher - 03-07-2017, 10:09 PM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by Mondial - 03-07-2017, 10:33 PM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by morzh - 03-07-2017, 10:51 PM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by vecher - 03-08-2017, 12:15 AM
RE: Philco PT-4 - by vecher - 03-08-2017, 07:47 PM



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