[Terry Judkins]

I have gone the whole route on some valuable radios but most radios that I have restored are medium to low value and do not justify extreme restoration efforts. A busted band switch or socket caused by completely removing old component leads is not something I relish. I always restuff Philco Bakelite blocks, though. Not so much for authenticity but just because, for me, it is easier and makes things neater under chassis. I have never made a dogbone resistor lookalike. Replaced resistors shine like new money in an old Philco but they sure do make radios sound right and that is my objective. I don't want shelf queens.