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I think Ford bought Philco somewhere around '61; but, Philco products didn't carry the "Ford" badge until the late '60's.
IIRC, in '74, Ford sold Philco to GTE-Sylvania. There could have been a tube type Philco TV after the GTE buyout; but, I doubt it. Every Philco branded TV that I've seen from the GTE era used the same chassis as a Sylvania. The only difference was the badge on the front of the set. And, I think GTE-Sylvania washed their hands of tubes by the very early '70's. I'm sure Sampson can tell us more about when the last GTE tube chassis was made, as he knows a lot about those older GTE sets.
In '81, GTE sold it's Sylvania and Philco consumer products line to NAP, who had already acquired Magnavox a few years before. From '81 until the 1990's, Magnavox/Sylvania/Philco sets were mostly NAP designed. The only possible exceptions may have been the E3x and E5x series chassis; which, I think were carry-overs from GTE.
I don't think any of this has anything to do with the value of this set. Even though it's a clean set and Philco-Ford color TV's seem to be harder to find, I still don't think this set would be worth what this guy wants for it, especially since it has circuit problems. In the past 20 years, I think I've only seen 3 solid state Philco-Ford color sets. One was a 19" motel set with an HV problem and a dead CRT, the other was a 19" set that I gave away, and the third was an early '70's TV/Stereo combo that someone smashed the neck off while they were unloading it for me to fix it. Needless to say, it didn't get fixed after they broke the CRT neck.
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