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Philco 38-5 Restoration Advice
klondike98
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07-23-2017, 08:24 PM
Great looking radio!!
If it were mine...I'd probably leave it alone, but then I tend to buy radios that are in bad shape so that no matter what I do they are better off than when I get them Icon_lol
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Bob
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Philco 38-5 Restoration Advice - by Tgace459 - 07-23-2017, 08:06 PM
RE: Philco 38-5 Restoration Advice - by klondike98 - 07-23-2017, 08:24 PM
RE: Philco 38-5 Restoration Advice - by Tgace459 - 07-23-2017, 08:45 PM
RE: Philco 38-5 Restoration Advice - by sam - 07-23-2017, 08:54 PM
RE: Philco 38-5 Restoration Advice - by Tgace459 - 07-23-2017, 09:15 PM
RE: Philco 38-5 Restoration Advice - by sam - 07-23-2017, 10:03 PM
RE: Philco 38-5 Restoration Advice - by Tgace459 - 07-23-2017, 10:14 PM



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