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Originally Posted by Tubejunke
The thought came to mind as lately I remembered that I had put a 1949 Philco AM-FM Bakelite set out in the shed that had a decent cabinet but a roached chassis.
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Model 49-905 or 49-906?
IMHO, all early FM radios are quite collectable... If the cabinet is in good condition, I would polish it up, clean the chassis as well as possible and make it a "shelf queen" until you can find a better chassis or decide to restore the one you have. Having a *good* Bakelite cabinet is way more than half the battle.
Gallery of Philco radios... notice how few pre-1950 FM models were in the Philco line:
http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/index.htm
I have a B956 (1954)... decent sounding, but not a great DX radio by today's standards.
jr