Found an old RCA for $5. NEED SERIOUS ATTENTION tho.

[electroking]

Originally Posted by mbates14

Tube list:

42
6A7
75
80
6C6

3 of them have top anode connections. the 42 and the 80 dont, as 42 is the amp tube, and 80 is the rectifier.

The top connection on those tubes is to the control grid, not the anode
as it would be in a horizontal sweep tube.

[mbates14]

yea i just noticed that.

One more thing. there is a J.C. mark stamped in the cab

[mbates14]

ill try posting the pics as-is. here goes...

hehe your right. it wroked. i remember few years back, it wouldnt.

[sean]

Does the tag on back have D.R.C. listed on it? If so, the set was made by Detrola. I believe Detrola used the 25- serial number scheme.

[mbates14]

no. does not, at least i dont see it anywhere.

[Old1625]

Originally Posted by mbates14

Like i said before in my earlier post. im not a wood worker. I dont have the knowledge, tools, or facilities to begin on woodworking. if it was me, it would be ductape city. :-)

If that is what you want your limit to be then so be it. I was a radio chassis restorer and knew little about woodworking. But I found out the hard way how much the woodworkers charge for their fine craftsmanship, and decided to learn more about it.

Now that I am a piano tuner/ tech by trade rather than electronics tech, I have had to learn more about veneers, woodworking and the special concerns.

A completely successful antique restorer in all truth wears many hats.

It's your choice. After you have done the stuff you know how to do with the works then you might find the cabinet restoration rewarding and enjoyable. It takes a bit of patience, but it is doable. Veneers can be had that will work on the lattice work at the loudspeaker grille. Care in grain matching of veneer bits being placed where original is missing, and careful prep work with filler and filing to form a substrate where veneer can be placed and pieced without it standing proud or shy of adjacent work is in order. Then careful work with matching stain tints follows. Takes time and patience. But not necessarily a trip to Home Despot or WoodWorkers Warehouse on an expenditure trip designed to win the store manager that new bass boat he's been drooling over at the local marina. Simple tools--bought only as needed--can often do the trick.

You can pay someone else to do the work you claim you can't do, but then you will be out the dough, and will not have the satisfaction of knowing the restoration was all yours. There may be more in you than you think....

Just my humble thoughts....

[Tom Bavis]

There's a radio database at grillecloth.com that will list the possible radios when you put in a list of tubes. http://www.grillecloth.com/sylvania/tubelist.php Only two use the list you gave, Stewart Warner R140 and Capital W120. But if the second tube is 6D6 there are 240! 96 are listed if the second tube is a 78 (6C6, 6D6, and 78 are all interchangeable to a degree).

[mbates14]

I contacted detrola to find out if it was thier radio, I got this in return:

Quote from Dennis:

Definitely not a Detrola. The 25- at the beginning of the serial number on the metal patent tag indicates that it was a product of the Pacific radio company, one of the small Chicago-based independents. Many of their sets have no published service information, but you can try taking the tube lineup and comparing it to the various schematics in Rider manuals on Nostalgia Air under Pacific. Should be able to come up with something close enough to work from.

The biggest problem is that Pacific built most of their radios for private brands, like the Knight brand sold by Allied Radio, or the Aetna brand sold by Walgreen Drugs just to name two. So the service information may not even be listed under Pacific if that set wasn't sold under their own trade name, which further complicates the search.

Good luck!

[mbates14]

Ok, the tubes are engraved into the sockets of what they are.

a 6C6 is in the chassis, but the socket is marked 6D6

[mbates14]

yeap hes right:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tombstone-Tube-R...QQcmdZViewItem

tahts the radio. well similar.