This is the second one I've ever done. It's a 1940 Phico, of which I purchased off
Craigslist, and looked like
this:
Once i fabricated the necessary speaker enclosures and head unit bezel, i needed to fill them. Here's a list of the goodies:
- Clarion CD receiver (CZ500) |
 Originally this large ten-tube Philco could receive AM, the "police" band (1.5 to 4 mc) and shortwave from 6 to 18 mc. Back in 1940, the original selling price was $100 and the total number produced was 28,505.
I took all of the old tubes, and transistors out, along with the speaker, and all other useless equipment. I was left with this shell of the radio. I sanded down the veneer, and then brushed on some high gloss Minwax all in 1 stain and polyurethane. I then went down to my local fabric store and bought the speaker cover fabric. This is what I had so far: 
Since the radio and amplifier works off electricity commonly found in your automobile, I'd have to buy a converter. I went with a Pyramid converter, it converts household 110 volt AC power into 12 volt DC electricity. I've never used this brand converter before, but it works flawlessly, I am very happy with it. It puts out a steady stream of power, more than enough amps, and stays cool doing it. |
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Here's a gallery of pictures of the radio, a timeline of my progress: |
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