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Don, good facts & observations. I am generally a fan of Philco & find its later years to be poorly covered by most sources. I find it interesting that after Ford took over they made much of their newly designed "Cool Chassis", designed to promote airflow, something that was a weak point of the Predicta.
A common print ad for Philco-Ford from the late sixties/early seventies era would show a suburban house with its yard full of Philco-Ford products, demonstrating the wide range they sold. Guess not everyone thought it was such a good idea-Lee Iacocca, in his first book, mentions that when he was with Ford he wanted to get rid of Philco because he didn't think FoMoCo had any business being in the washing machine business.
As for the Predicta in question, I wouldn't think this would catch on enough to worry about it...but then, in a table model it would be quite different.
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Bryan
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