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I recently found a philco model 111 lowboy @ local flea market guy said it came from a barn. Horrible shape! no Veneer, legs gone, bird poo, mice droppings. BAD BAD SHAPE! A couple amazing plusses, STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL GRILLE CLOTH! with fall leaves (beautiful embroidery) which is unavailable, as I understand. Also the speaker cone is fine, along with the tubes. Someone attempted to steal the tubes, pulling on the shield, then gave up. THANK YOU PHILCO FOR INSTALLING THAT TUBE SHIELD! Someone managed to run off with the 80 rectifier tube, oh well. Anyrate I bought it for $5! I didn't have a 80 rectifier tube so I fitted a 5Y3GT which my tube guide says is the same/electrically, and hooked it to the variac to see if we have hope, IT ALL LIGHTS UP! was expecting to hear 60 cycles per second, but I have no audio. I have no magnetic field @ my speaker. I know I need to re-cap it! Schematic says: power for the field coil (speaker) comes from the condenser block, and shematic shows diffrence from 111 & 111A I have no label anymore what do I do! Should I just use 3uf caps (bigger is better) or do I need to figure out if I have a 111A or not and how do you tell the diffrence. Also need guidance on where to buy caps and what type, are the orange drop kind what I need? or should they be electralic kind? hard to find high voltage ones, was planning on using 450v caps. Am I on the right path? Antique electronic supply has a sale this month on caps, am I in the right place? This is my first radio restoration, I have lots of experience with other stuff pinballs & whatnot, but this is my first radio. cant mess up too bad here it's really in really rough shape not much to loose here. I am amazed by how good electrically this unit is compared to what it looks like! They dont build em like this anymore! Any guidaqnce here would be greatly appreciated. after I make this work I can move on to cabinet restoration!! OH BOY WILL THAT BE A CHORE!

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