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Old 05-21-2011, 09:48 PM
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Fun Philco 54-1423 find

As found, for $20 in a hannibal, MO antique store:




Was told that the turntable worked but the radio didn't. No stylus in the TT.


After about 20 minutes of lovin:
I freed up the radio tuning with a dab of oil at the right places.

Since it was plugged in recently (within the last 6 mos), I gave it a quick variac (over a minute or so) and the turntable spun, sounded like it needed a new idler, the autofunctions seemed to work okay, if a tiny bit sluggish, but no radio. No sound, no nuthin. Recap time!













Looks like it's been partially recapped in recent memory, as well....
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