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Pilot X-131 finished
#1

Just finished it today.  A nice player, but a lot of rubber wire.

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#2

Lookin' good!
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#3

Very nice radio with a beautiful finish!  Where did you find your decals?  I have a Pilot H220 and it is one heck of a performer.

Craig R.
#4

Thanks!  Those are the original decals.  I lightly sanded the cabinet and sprayed with clear lacquer, sanding in between coats.  It cleaned up well and sounds great.
#5

Icon_clap Icon_clap Icon_clap  Congratulations, beautiful radio. It will be fun to see what you can pick up on the shortwave bands. 
#6

Icon_thumbup Very nice!  I love the look of the old Pilots and yours looks especially nice with the original finish spruced up a bit.

John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"
#7

Nice job, that's a good looking radio. The fins for speaker opening real makes the cabinet POP. Icon_clap 
#8

Agree with Fred. Man, I love radios like that. Art-Deco was the best style ever. What year was that from? ED
#9

I think it was a 1941 model.  It's been playing great for a week now. My new daily driver.
#10

Cool set!! I have a Pilot H224, a 12 tube (incl 1 ballast) AC/DC set with four 25L6 output tubes, a roller dial, and a serpentine filament string! It is a decent receiver and has decent sound, but is not of the same quality as a comparable transformer set. 
#11

Very nice indeed!

Crist
#12

Pilot was an interesting company, made stuff in New York and Massachusetts. I got beat on a large table set at a swap not long ago, it was not as sharp but had a unique look and very large knobs.

Good luck with that very fine looking set.

Paul

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#13

Thank you for all the nice comments.

Steve
#14

 That dial in that Pilot reminds me of the ones used in the 1939 RCA Victor models, white lettering and numbers on a brown background, the shade of brown is the same too.
Regards
Arran




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