[Bob Andersen]

I've also been examining my speakers more closely and discovered that the Wheelers are not made very well and the cones don't have much spring left in them. So I pulled out the original Philcos for another look. After some careful scraping and compressed air blowing, I actually got the voice coils moving fairly well and decided to patch them up.

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Yuck!
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Making good progress
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I used GC Service Cement and coffee filters to patch up the cones.
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I figure if these actually work, I'll recone them properly. I think the radio will be happier with the original speakers back in it
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