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09-20-2016, 10:18 PM
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50's Philips I rescued today
This was the last tube radio left on the basement of a retired radio and TV repairman. His son sold it to me. It is really beat up, I know, but I know just the person who I believe can bring it back to it's former glory - even though it won't be cheap. This little guy is a Philips model "BR 305 U" , I think the "BR" means it was made in Brazil. I believe that it might have been manufactured sometime around 1950. If that was the case this radio might have been used to listen to the "Maracanazzo" , the defeat of the Brazilian soccer team in the final match against Uruguay in the Maracană stadium in Rio de Janeiro on the World Cup of 1950.
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09-20-2016, 10:21 PM
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Here's a brother of my radio, model "BR 306 U" , practically the same radio:
http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/M...ete-gratis-_JM
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09-20-2016, 10:44 PM
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Well, she's pretty rough, but if THAT stopped guys like US, there'd be a lot less of these bad boys to enjoy ! And if it was EASY, any Jakeleg could do it...Keep us updated on yr progress...
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Benevolent Despot
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09-21-2016, 06:56 PM
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I will report the progress I hope to have with it... but it will take time. It will not go on restore this year, most likely only on the second half of 2017.
But I made a little discovery today: the year it was manufactured. My 1950 guess was pretty close. It was made in 1951. I found on a collector web site a list of all the radios made by Philips of Brazil between 1949 and 1957: http://www.qsl.net/py3cnq/philibra.htm
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