[Doug Houston]

I'll go a step further. When you get one of the '38 Philco car radios on the bench. it WILL have an open oscillator coil, starting with the primary. You will need to strip off the old winding (It will fall off in pieces), and re-wind with 50 turns of about 34 enamel covered wire, taking care to maintain the direction of the wind. It can be scramble wound in he place of the old winding, and should be covered with some insulating wax, dripped on it. The set always works like new after this job.