Opened up this Philco, and what the.....??

[Kamakiri]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I didn't think, Philco used that style chassis, that late. I seems to be, quite a set.. Eleven tubes, multi speakers. Must've been TOTL, that year.
Are you planning to re-stuff the bakelite block caps?

Oh HELL no!!!

This one was a freebie for a friend. I don't think I'd un-tar one of those caps if you paid me. At worst, I'd just use the terminals on the block to mount components externally. Done it before and even managed to make it look really good.

In this case it didn't seem to be needed. Just did the filters and sorted out a few wiring issues. Slow power up and ran it at around 80V for an hour before amping the voltage up. Played fine at full voltage for an hour and everything ran cool, so it went home. I'll take it step at a time....if it needs the blocks done I'll do them, but I really don't want to.