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Give me a few days and I will take a look in my old knob stock. I think I have some Westinghouse knobs, just not sure if they are for that old a model.

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Originally Posted by Eric H (Post 3042576)

Interesting the snelsons set had a double D screen mask while your set and mine have a rectangular mask.

My set has the DX, but I noticed that particular part of the mask is painted on the front of the glass and not on the inside, it would be possible to scrape it all off without touching the Westinghouse logo which is painted on the inside.

The painted area on the front of my sets glass is somewhat deteriorated, I bet yours was too and someone just cleaned it all off.

From Wiki: "DXing is the hobby of receiving and identifying distant radio or television signals"

I'm guessing the DX on these sets was to indicate it had good long distance reception, something all the Hams at the time would have known.

Interesting. I hadn't noticed the double D screen
I don't see any trace of a DX on my set, but I bet you're right.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8001/7...591e3998_c.jpg

Here's the back of the chassis. I don't see any Philco markings.
Could this be the 9,740th set produced ?
Does anyone know what the extra blocking is for on the left side ? Antenna terminals ?
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Originally Posted by peverett (Post 3042581)

Give me a few days and I will take a look in my old knob stock. I think I have some Westinghouse knobs, just not sure if they are for that old a model.

Thanks!

I spent a few hours digging through knobs at the ARCI swapfest today and found a few :D There might well have been other good knobs, but the heat was really getting to me :drool:
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I'm not sure these are the right inner knobs, but they match the channel knob and fit well.
It seems the 2nd knob from the right has a slightly larger shaft than the three to the left :scratch2:

I can probably enlarge one I picked up today which just leaves the fine tuning knob.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8003/7...79b0c531_c.jpg

I also scored the faux dual knob for the power/volume control on the Sonora :)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7280/7...1eb6c346_c.jpg

I really don't need the Philco, GE or Motorola knobs on the right so let me know if you do.

I never, ever, ever thought I would find that weird Sonora channel plate but there it was just sitting on ebay for $7.95

The same seller had some nice looking Gee-Lar NOS knobs that I think will look nice on the Sonora too.

I never would have even known what it looks like if it hadn't been for Eric's help :thmbsp:

They just arrived in the mail today :banana:
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HI All;
If I remember correctly, from my reading Sonora had a Television Repair School.. Possibly based in Chicago..
THANK YOU Marty

That's an amazing find.
I think I saw that channel plate on eBay, it didn't click in my head what it was for or that someone needed it, glad you found it.
Those NOS knobs look like exact replacements?

These sets seem fairly uncommon today but they must have been somewhat popular back in the day.

The boxes say they're radio knobs and they're not all quite the same size or shaft type, but some did fit. I think I have seen other non-Sonora tv/radio sets that use similar looking knobs.

Anyway, between the old knobs I dug up before and these new ones, I have a complete set :D That power/volume on the far left will look better after a good cleaning.
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