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There was a Philco 42-380 listed on our local craigslist. The owner wanted $100. The cabinet was peeling and the radio would only play that 60hz tune.... The unit did not sell and after the listing expired I called back to see if he was still interested in selling. He said if I made it over before he went to the dump it was mine. Which I did and it is. I would like to do a complete restoration and add a feature that I think would make it more appreciated. I would like to add an input that could accept an ipod type mini connector so we could get old time radio programs to play through the unit. I noticed a triangle of three plug in holes in the back, doe's anyone know what these are for?
If anyone has a legible schematic it would really help. I went to Nostalgia-air and was able to download one but it's so fuzzy you can't read any values. I'll post pics as it gets completed.
Thanks for this great website.
Russ in Wake Forest
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42-380 Restoration Started - by rkeller - 03-28-2010, 06:38 PM
Re: 42-380 Restoration Started - by dberman51 - 03-28-2010, 08:09 PM
Re: 42-380 Restoration Started - by DeckApe - 03-30-2010, 09:27 AM
Re: 42-380 Restoration Started - by rkeller - 04-10-2010, 07:46 AM
Re: 42-380 Restoration Started - by codefox1 - 04-10-2010, 10:39 AM
Re: 42-380 Restoration Started - by rkeller - 04-14-2010, 07:40 PM
Re: 42-380 Restoration Started - by Ron Ramirez - 04-14-2010, 08:50 PM
Re: 42-380 Restoration Started - by rkeller - 04-17-2010, 12:36 PM
Re: 42-380 Restoration Started - by DeckApe - 04-20-2010, 05:04 PM



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