[hunter2115]

Im wondering about it being a layout/size issue myself, but just from a size of the VC itself standpoint.
Ive only seen the "long shaft" types of VC's on the 37 Philco models with the center, separate RF deck.
On this particular radio, the vc was replaced with a rather large body VC that was actually jammed up on the edge of the RF deck.
I had a modern small body vc so I went ahead and swapped it in. RF deck has room to move now.
Im only doing preliminary testing, but the radio works very well after dim bulbing and powering up on variac. It has a low level hum (electrolytic), but the vc doesnt seem to be adding any to it.
So, who knows? SInce the original "long shaft" assembly is missing, I will move forward with recapping and use the more common, front of chassis mounted VC and see if I end up with any issues.