Philco 118 Chassis Restoration

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Philco 118 Chassis Restoration

Steve Davis
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03-13-2023, 03:31 PM

A few weeks ago, one of our friends over at ARF let me have a Philco 118 chassis, complete with tubes for the price of shipping.
The chassis is filthy, with a thick layer of tobacco tar and other environmental contaminants. I will begin with a good cleaning.

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Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 03-13-2023, 03:31 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by morzh - 03-13-2023, 04:51 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by GarySP - 03-13-2023, 06:10 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 03-13-2023, 06:55 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by morzh - 03-13-2023, 07:14 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by radiorich - 03-13-2023, 07:35 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 03-13-2023, 07:58 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by morzh - 03-13-2023, 08:14 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 03-13-2023, 08:24 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by RodB - 03-13-2023, 08:47 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Arran - 03-13-2023, 09:38 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by morzh - 03-13-2023, 11:23 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by RadioSvit - 03-14-2023, 06:48 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by GarySP - 03-14-2023, 08:48 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by radiorich - 03-14-2023, 09:07 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 03-14-2023, 10:39 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by morzh - 03-15-2023, 08:53 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by GarySP - 03-15-2023, 08:59 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 03-15-2023, 09:31 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by RodB - 03-15-2023, 10:25 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Chas - 03-15-2023, 11:47 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 03-16-2023, 01:57 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 03-16-2023, 01:59 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by morzh - 03-16-2023, 02:39 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by radiorich - 03-17-2023, 09:42 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 03-18-2023, 01:30 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by morzh - 03-18-2023, 02:27 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 03-18-2023, 02:45 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 03-18-2023, 04:46 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by MrFixr55 - 03-18-2023, 07:27 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 03-30-2023, 04:36 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by GarySP - 03-30-2023, 06:39 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by MrFixr55 - 03-31-2023, 11:38 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 04-02-2023, 08:26 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 04-06-2023, 02:25 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 04-17-2023, 11:19 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by MrFixr55 - 04-18-2023, 12:43 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by radiorich - 04-19-2023, 07:24 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by klondike98 - 04-20-2023, 10:01 PM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by radiorich - 04-21-2023, 08:01 AM

RE: Philco 118 Chassis Restoration - by Steve Davis - 04-30-2023, 07:11 PM

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