12-25-2008, 08:03 PM
Here's a few more pictures for your amusement.
As I said, I regret that I did not take a good frontal "before" shot of the cabinet.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/before2a.jpg]
This blurry photo sort of shows the waviness of the veneer on the side.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/after1.jpg]
From a similar angle, you see that now, all of the veneer on the top and sides is new.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/before1a.jpg]
Back view of how the cabinet originally looked. You can see more clearly the poor condition of the veneer on top and sides.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/after2.jpg]
Another "after" shot, from a similar angle as the one above. No, the AC cord does not look authentic. I fully intend to replace it later. I just threw that gray one on there in a hurry so I could listen to Christmas music on this radio yesterday afternoon.
Also later on, I intend to clean the top of the chassis using Etech's method.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/after3.jpg]
And finally, a better frontal shot of this radio. It plays almost as well as it looks - it still has a bug in the 2nd detector-AVC-1st audio tube, or in this area. I'll have to chase that down later on. For now, however, it's back to the customers' radios...
As I said, I regret that I did not take a good frontal "before" shot of the cabinet.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/before2a.jpg]
This blurry photo sort of shows the waviness of the veneer on the side.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/after1.jpg]
From a similar angle, you see that now, all of the veneer on the top and sides is new.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/before1a.jpg]
Back view of how the cabinet originally looked. You can see more clearly the poor condition of the veneer on top and sides.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/after2.jpg]
Another "after" shot, from a similar angle as the one above. No, the AC cord does not look authentic. I fully intend to replace it later. I just threw that gray one on there in a hurry so I could listen to Christmas music on this radio yesterday afternoon.
Also later on, I intend to clean the top of the chassis using Etech's method.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum/after3.jpg]
And finally, a better frontal shot of this radio. It plays almost as well as it looks - it still has a bug in the 2nd detector-AVC-1st audio tube, or in this area. I'll have to chase that down later on. For now, however, it's back to the customers' radios...
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN