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Philco 16B
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 That looks like the 1933 version of the peaked top tombstone, does it have four bands or five? Naturally it has the obligatory missing part, the one partially made from unobtainium, the tuning knob, it can never be one of the smaller hex knobs it seems. I seen that somebody made a half hearted effort to strip the top and one side with acetone or something, and there is some rust on the choke and the audio interstage transformer, so it has seen some moisture, but not a deal breaker by any means.
   I got into a bit of an argument over on of these on the alternative radio forum, there was one on fleabay at the time that supposedly sold for around $375, or some similar amount. The trouble was that it looked like it came out of someone's leaky shed, water damage all over the cabinet, chipped veneer, rust, although it at least had a full set of knobs. We held the opposite positions that Mike and I took over a 39-35 a few months back, I thought it would may cost at least $300 to restore, in material and parts alone, the other guy didn't think it would cost $150. Hmm, 11 tube set, crusty rusty chassis, water damaged cabinet, $375 plus shipping, but no need to worry, all the tubes, coils, shadow meter, and the transformers, those will be fine, and the seller will of course pack it properly so nothing gets smashed. That being said it would have been a good parts donor for your craigslist buy, if it was $25. 
Regards
Arran


Messages In This Thread
Philco 16B - by 37silverstreak - 11-08-2014, 03:12 PM
RE: Philco 16B - by morzh - 11-08-2014, 03:17 PM
RE: Philco 16B - by Eric Adams - 11-08-2014, 04:17 PM
RE: Philco 16B - by klondike98 - 11-08-2014, 04:31 PM
RE: Philco 16B - by jerryhawthorne - 11-08-2014, 04:45 PM
RE: Philco 16B - by radiohenry - 11-08-2014, 10:55 PM
RE: Philco 16B - by thirtiesradio - 11-09-2014, 01:03 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by PhilcoJohn - 11-09-2014, 05:23 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Arran - 11-11-2014, 12:13 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Ron Ramirez - 11-11-2014, 06:43 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Arran - 11-14-2014, 12:22 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Allen in SB - 11-14-2014, 01:01 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Ron Ramirez - 11-14-2014, 07:47 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by 37silverstreak - 11-15-2014, 11:45 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Geoff - 11-15-2014, 12:41 PM
RE: Philco 16B - by Arran - 11-16-2014, 02:27 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Ron Ramirez - 11-16-2014, 06:54 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Arran - 11-17-2014, 12:25 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by thirtiesradio - 12-12-2014, 10:58 AM
RE: Philco 16B - by Jayce - 12-19-2014, 11:44 AM



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