Philco 90 rewiring

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Philco 90 rewiring

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09-24-2007, 11:26 AM

Does anyone know where you can get cloth covered wire with colored tracers in it, such as Philco used for field coil and speaker wire in the '40s? Some of the insulation on my 1940 and 1941 radios has become brittle and and frayed a little bit.

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Philco 90 rewiring - by Guest - 08-25-2007, 06:19 PM

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