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The Philco 17 "Mutt" Lives!
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09-07-2013, 08:12 PM
Hey, Tom - welcome back! Icon_thumbup Icon_wave

Well, Jayce's "17" is a Phactory-Phranken. I don't know why, but we all just started calling it a "mutt" and it sort of stuck. But what Jayce has is a rare oddball. It appears that Philco cobbled together a few of these during the 1939 season in order to get rid of remaining 38-17F stock. Perhaps they added the pushbuttons to make it more attractive to potential buyers, or to make it different from the factory 38-17F sets? We won't know because all of the men involved in that decision-making process are gone now.
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The Philco 17 "Mutt" Lives! - by Jayce - 09-06-2013, 01:04 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Ron Ramirez - 09-06-2013, 02:12 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Jamie - 09-06-2013, 02:40 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by marty - 09-06-2013, 02:49 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Ron Ramirez - 09-06-2013, 02:54 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by marty - 09-06-2013, 03:17 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Jayce - 09-06-2013, 03:21 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Radioroslyn - 09-07-2013, 07:27 AM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Ron Ramirez - 09-07-2013, 08:11 AM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Radioroslyn - 09-07-2013, 03:47 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by TA Forbes - 09-07-2013, 06:12 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Ron Ramirez - 09-07-2013, 08:12 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by TA Forbes - 09-08-2013, 10:42 AM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Jayce - 09-09-2013, 04:11 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" - by Ron Ramirez - 09-09-2013, 04:36 PM
RE: The Philco 17 "Mutt" Lives! - by Jayce - 10-01-2013, 01:12 PM



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