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Persistance Pays Off!
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After a couple weeks of no responses to my emails and phone calls, I decided to stop in personally at the shop in Barberton to see if the Philco A-361 console was still there. Turns out the shop had changed hands and the Philco was still there and priced $50 lower than it had been in the ad! So, I snagged a nice Philco A-361 console that seems to check out on transformer and even picks up a few stations when brought up on reduced power. Shows plenty of good signs. Cabinet does have a few blemishes, including a crack above the dial that seems caused by poor wood. Speaker looks good except one spot I repaired at the edge of the cone. Actually looked like the paper was simply too thin and wore away over the years. I think with a recap, and a good realignment, this will be a nice set from a unique time in radio history. Chuck: Do you have any paper work on this model I can order?

P.S. The one picture came out dark and grainy, I don't know why. Radio looks better than that!

   

   

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Persistance Pays Off! - by Jayce - 07-25-2015, 07:22 PM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 07-25-2015, 09:07 PM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by Jayce - 07-25-2015, 09:16 PM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 07-25-2015, 09:26 PM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by VntgRads - 07-25-2015, 09:53 PM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by Jayce - 07-25-2015, 10:06 PM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by Squire - 07-26-2015, 11:59 AM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by Jayce - 07-27-2015, 04:01 PM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by Scottb - 07-28-2015, 10:01 AM
RE: Persistance Pays Off! - by Arran - 07-29-2015, 06:26 AM



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