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Philco 643 restoration
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I already have a thread going in the cabinet restoration forum but figure I'd start this one for the electronics.

This tombstone came with a chassis heavily modified for AC operation. Every socket had been replaced to accommodate different tubes and some new ones were even added. Tube were also missing and I gave up on trying to restore it. Out of the blue, someone tipped me off the a 643 chassis on ebay and I won it Icon_smile

Here they are side-by-side.

[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5919...9776_z.jpg]

[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5919...180b_z.jpg]

That left the speaker. Just a few weeks later I spied this Philco 624 speaker on the same auction site with no bids. I ended up winning it for all of $ 0.99.
[Image: http://www.bobandersen.com/images/philco...peaker.jpg]

Only problem is that it arrived looking like this Icon_sad
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5983...c8d6_z.jpg]

[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5983...3f3f_z.jpg]

Luckily, a little fabric glue fixed it up and when I tested it in another set it sounded just fine Icon_smile
[Image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6009...6d59_z.jpg]


Messages In This Thread
Philco 643 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 08-04-2011, 10:13 PM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 08-05-2011, 01:44 AM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 08-05-2011, 06:38 AM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by TA Forbes - 08-05-2011, 12:36 PM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 08-05-2011, 12:59 PM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 08-05-2011, 07:28 PM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by TA Forbes - 08-05-2011, 10:07 PM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 09-02-2011, 04:29 PM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by TA Forbes - 09-02-2011, 11:39 PM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 09-02-2011, 11:43 PM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 09-03-2011, 12:30 AM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 09-03-2011, 07:59 AM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by 7estatdef - 09-03-2011, 11:44 AM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Arran - 09-05-2011, 01:24 AM
Re: Philco 643 restoration - by Bob Andersen - 09-07-2011, 11:11 PM



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