[Texasrocker]

I have had success over the yrs of salvaging good vintage-type orig tube sockets off old rusted -electronically "hacked" chassis's,.. (all types) from non-restorable garage sale finds , cheap buys on eBay, etc. To remove the old sockets, a "dremmel tool" with proper small grinding tip easily extracts the old rivets when carefully used. There are always plenty of "trashed" Philcos on eBay that sell cheap! You can buy them up a few at a time, just for "parts sets", and usually can come out of the deal with a few good tubes, controls, etc, that will compliment you with a good "backstock" of spare parts! Just watch eBay for the Philco 1940-41 models vintage radios that are "trashed beyond restoration" and purchase the whole radio "cheap" with "actual shipping chgs" to your address. You will then collect enough good "original philco" tube sockets, and all other usable parts very fast to cover many your needs!! Its worked for me many times before! Randal