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Philco 1942 radio
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It is a model 42-350. The cabinet looks to be in great shape. It's an early AM-FM model, with the old pre-war FM band. It won't pick up today's FM stations, but the AM will work well when it is restored.

I restored one. There is quite a bit of wire inside with rubber insulation that could be dangerously brittle, unless someone else has done restoration work on it.

It is a good idea not to plug it in until you take the chassis out and see what's what underneath. Even if it has been well cared for, some of the old parts just go bad over time and need to be replaced. If they fail and create a short circuit, they could damage parts that would be hard to find and expensive to replace.

The folks on the forum can walk you how to restore it, if that's what you want to do.

Check out this site for the basics of old radio restoration. http://www.antiqueradio.org/begin.htm

John Honeycutt


Messages In This Thread
Philco 1942 radio - by Mike Gessner - 01-27-2014, 02:18 AM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by OldRestorer - 01-27-2014, 07:46 AM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by Radioroslyn - 01-27-2014, 08:15 AM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by hsusmann - 01-27-2014, 08:57 AM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by morzh - 01-27-2014, 11:34 AM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by klondike98 - 01-27-2014, 11:53 AM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by exray - 01-27-2014, 07:07 PM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by Mike Gessner - 01-27-2014, 07:42 PM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by Arran - 01-27-2014, 10:12 PM
RE: Philco 1942 radio - by Raleigh - 01-27-2014, 11:14 PM



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