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 Return to top of page · Post #: 16 · Written at 1:55:44 PM on 13 August 2019.
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 Ian Robertson
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Those breaks did not happen in shipping, they are much older than that.

The picture he sold you on is obviously not that radio (but I guess you know that). At least yours has genuine knobs.
 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 17 · Written at 4:52:03 PM on 14 August 2019.
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Photos uploaded to Post 15.


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
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before and after of a Philips radio which arrived from Holland in about the same condition as the STC.

Very nice job!
 
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