Philco 50 (early) survivor
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Found yesterday in Winston Salem, NC.
Cabinet good shape, needs grillecloth.
Chassis virtually no rust, still has both copper mershons and ALL Philco globe tubes!!
Besides a good cleaning and grillecloth replacement, I am not sure if I want to do anything else to this survivor!!
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Ron Ramirez
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Thanks, Guys! Oh yes, and it cost 100.00 !!! 
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Well worth it Tom, and the cabinet looks good.
Chassis cleans up easy if no rust present, so I do not even consider it a chore.
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I know what I will do.
I will restore another 70, patch the middle hole, put the On/Of trigger switch in the back and declare it a 50. 
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What year by chance?
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Should be 1931.
They used 70 cabinet and drilled the front panel for 50 shaft pattern.
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Ah, very nice! I have a model 50 in the later cabinet style. Paid about the same for it.
No matter where you go, there you are.
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50 is the one with the transformer underneath the chassis, right? Or which one was it?
That was a dumb idea though.....
(This post was last modified: 02-18-2014, 06:23 PM by morzh.)
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Great condition! Good luck with it.
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Yes, power xfrmr is under the chassis.
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Dumb. That's just dumb. Like the transformer runs so cool that being in enclosed tight space will benefit it greatly and at the same time the rest of the under-chassis denizens.
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