Philco tombstone with a twist

[jr_tech]

I *always* remove non-factory mods, and restore as close as possible to original condition, plugging holes as best I can.

jr

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

I *always* remove non-factory mods, and restore as close as possible to original condition, plugging holes as best I can.

jr

Thanks for giving me the push I need to remove it. Normally I leave period mods that are useful or do not interfere with normal operation...As long as they are not ugly/too obvious. With most sets plenty of clean original examples exist so a well done vintage mod can be interesting to preserve to give an idea of what hobbyists of yore once did.

[Captainclock]

looking at the sub-chassis mod you were talking about, it looks like someone was attempting to possibly add an FM tuner to the radio which more than likely would of been originally AM only or AM and SW.

But that's just my guess, possibly what happened was that they started doing the mod but then got sidetracked (I know its easy to do when you have several projects on the bench at once) and never finished the FM Tuner Mod.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Captainclock

looking at the sub-chassis mod you were talking about, it looks like someone was attempting to possibly add an FM tuner to the radio which more than likely would of been originally AM only or AM and SW.

But that's just my guess, possibly what happened was that they started doing the mod but then got sidetracked (I know its easy to do when you have several projects on the bench at once) and never finished the FM Tuner Mod.

The addition doesn't look like anything that would resemble FM circuitry, not even Fremodyne! Plus it uses a crystal, which is missing.
I vote for gutting the bogus circuitry and returning the set to originality.
BTW, the cabinet style was originally for the farm battery sets. I thought the set was converted to AC, but the 38-93 was an AC only set, factory original.
There's no on-line Rider's coverage on this model.

[Captainclock]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

The addition doesn't look like anything that would resemble FM circuitry, not even Fremodyne! Plus it uses a crystal, which is missing.
I vote for gutting the bogus circuitry and returning the set to originality.
BTW, the cabinet style was originally for the farm battery sets. I thought the set was converted to AC, but the 38-93 was an AC only set, factory original.
There's no on-line Rider's coverage on this model.

Well that's why I said they probably never finished it, maybe they intended to add more to the circuit.