[mikethedruid]

Now that I am done with the RCA 5Q55, I am starting to tackle the Philco 37-640 you saw me post some pictures of in the January Finds and Losses thread. Those show the cabinet and exterior as it looked when I brought it home. Today I pulled the chassis out of the cabinet. I ordered a bunch of stuff from Renovated Radios. I bought all new knobs. Mine had the wrong knob for the band selector, and I want all the knobs to match. I'll just put the old ones in my box of knobs and save them in case I need therm someday. I also bought all new rubber parts, the tuner mounting rubbers, the front bumpers, and the chassis mount spacers. Looking at the underside of the chassis I realize what a blivit I have gotten myself into. You do know what a blivit is, don't you? 10 pounds of crap stuffed in a 5 pound sack. This chassis is going to be the worst I have tackled yet, makes the RCA 18T I did a while ago look easy. The wires are all so brittle I am going to have to replace them all just for safety's sake, and the components are all packed in close together. Do you ever curse yourself for this addiction that leads you into these things? I do. Oh well, nothing to be done about it but to get this old beast working again. I've already invested almost $100 in the parts I ordered today. Too late to back out now. Looking at the schematic, this radio should be a great performer once I get her done. Here are before pictures of the chassis.

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