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New acquisition, Philco 655B
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Doug, another gents is going to restore the cabinet. The guy I bought this from told me his father bought it used toward the end of WWII. I asked him about the bar knob. He said as far back as he can remember, it had that bar knob. I know these were later sets for 36. I figured it should be a round knob. Out of three 116B sets, only one came with the bar knob. My 640X came with a round knob also. Everything else has a boar knob.

I was wondering if that grill cloth was/is original.

-Brian
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New acquisition, Philco 655B - by BDM - 08-08-2008, 03:13 PM
[No subject] - by etech - 08-08-2008, 03:28 PM
[No subject] - by philco phan - 08-08-2008, 05:13 PM
[No subject] - by BDM - 08-08-2008, 05:48 PM
[No subject] - by Doug Houston - 08-09-2008, 12:32 AM
[No subject] - by BDM - 08-09-2008, 01:02 AM
[No subject] - by Texasrocker - 08-09-2008, 01:55 AM



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