08-23-2007, 04:51 PM
Hi Bob
Please look here:
http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1942b.htm#c
Your set uses a Philco-Chrysler C-1908 car radio, converted to run on 110 volts AC. Production of the 1942 automobiles had halted due to the war effort; thus, no new 1942 Chryslers to install these radios into! So Philco converted them to the chairsides such as you now own, to use up inventory.
The power cord is a replacement. Philco began using rubber-insulated AC cords in mid-1936, when the then new 1937 models were introduced.
Other than the power supply conversion, with a power transformer mounted separate from the chassis, the recap/alignment is pretty straightforward.
As for your pushbutton caps, either a junk A-801 or a junk C-1908 will be your only sources for spare parts, as far as I know.
Please look here:
http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1942b.htm#c
Your set uses a Philco-Chrysler C-1908 car radio, converted to run on 110 volts AC. Production of the 1942 automobiles had halted due to the war effort; thus, no new 1942 Chryslers to install these radios into! So Philco converted them to the chairsides such as you now own, to use up inventory.
The power cord is a replacement. Philco began using rubber-insulated AC cords in mid-1936, when the then new 1937 models were introduced.
Other than the power supply conversion, with a power transformer mounted separate from the chassis, the recap/alignment is pretty straightforward.
As for your pushbutton caps, either a junk A-801 or a junk C-1908 will be your only sources for spare parts, as far as I know.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
