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Started the restore on my Philco 40-180.
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Got it up on the bench, there's a lot more dings in it that I thought. But still workable. The whole top center , and face plate some one had tried to take out by removing some screws, but never replaced them. It actually came off pretty easy. Now I noticed what looks like a plastic plate that went from one side to the other with 2 screws on each side. The middle is missing just the corners are left. Does anyone know what that was? Here's a picture:

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Also the veneer on both sides of the speaker are in pretty bad shape I may have to replace quite a bit of it.

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What do you think, should I try to just replace the bad parts, or replace the whole strip?
Michael

Philco 41-295X 4 band radio.
I'm 67 years old, in north Idaho.


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Started the restore on my Philco 40-180. - by nortonz - 06-14-2018, 11:43 AM
Is this veneer zebrawood? - by nortonz - 06-18-2018, 01:33 AM
RE: Is this veneer zebrawood? - by Arran - 06-18-2018, 02:50 AM



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