[PhilcoPhan1936]

And now to address the doors on the side. It had been discussed on Skip's thread what the reason or function of the doors might be.

(For easy reference, here’s a link to Skip’s Phorum post about his unit, and discussions:
https://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthrea...ight=116PX)

After closer inspection, it does in fact look like there was some kind of structure that once upon a time had been on the inside of the doors. I saw router grooves on the inside of the door, suggesting some sort of wood pocket to drop records into. One door is split  (The side with the most veneer missing), and needs to be repaired. Both doors are hinged on the bottom with piano hinges, much like the top lid, and are designed to tilt out. With no structure inside, they just flop all the way open. I imagine when it had a pocket, there was some sort of "stop" built in that would keep the door from flopping all the way open.

When I picked up the unit, and left it at my parents house, I didn't inspect the inside of the doors that closely. Now that I see how they are designed, it makes sense these were designed for record storage.

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It certainly appears that there would be room for a decent sized pocket for holding records, if looking in from the back of the cabinet.

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The door that is broken. You can see the hinge on the bottom.

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