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Hi everyone,
I have just taken delivery of an example of this set.When bought I did not even know who the maker was but I have made progress and now have the schematic and associated notes. But at this stage I have not been able to access a picture of this set. And mine is in a sorry state so I am keen to have a look at a picture to see what it should look like. Can anyone suggest where I should look online to see what a good or intact C 1608 set looks like?
Thanks everyone and cheers.
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Scroll down to 1939 and have a look, it's there.
Plymouth 1 - Identifying Car Radios (google.com)
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got it!
Terry
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How great to have the Philco Phorum and such well informed people at the helm!I know now that my set is out of a Plymouth as its one remaining knob is brown.Thanks so much.
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Here's another pic of it from a '39 Desoto. It's part of the same family of autos. Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler, and Desoto. I know a guy that is restoring a '39 Desoto but I'm not sure if it has a radio. I'll drop him a note and see what the story is.
http://www.2040-parts.com/1939-radio-chr...-i2221625/
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got it!
Terry
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I did check with my friend out in Colorado to find that his is a different set.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got it!
Terry
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Hi there Radioroslyn, Thank you for checking.And for the picture. Sadly my set,while internally it looks untouched, has suffered the ravages of the weather on the outside . I'm presuming the bottom button of the stack of station pre- select buttons is the one that disables the pre- select and re engages the manual tuning system. Cheers and thanks. I'll post again when I have started work on it.
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I have one that I am recapping.I will try to post pictures.
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Hi Keefer, Thanks for taking the time to post this picture. Yours is in tiptop condition compared to mine.So its great to see what a good one is like. Mine lacks the grille and has only one knob. Thanks for responding to such an old post Cheers,
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No problem.I recapped it and it works pretty good.If need anything else holler at me and i will try and help.
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