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I tested the picture tube and it tested like brand new yet (likely a low hours set.)
This TV is basically virgin, there have not been any components replaced in the set, all of the capacitors and resistors are all original in it yet, and it also has almost all of the original Philco branded tubes in it yet, the only tubes that aren't original are the tuner tubes, and a couple of the tubes in the IF/RF Section of the TV.
I did notice that even though the TV was never actually worked on electrically there were a lot of screws missing and even a tube shield from one of the 12AU7 tubes from the TV's RF/IF Section, and the power cord Safety Interlock was defeated (the mouting frame for the power cord to mount it to the back cover was removed from the back cover) and it was missing one of the casters from the bottom of the cabinet (which I thought it was missing 3 of the 4 casters but 2 of the 3 missing casters were inside the record storage compartment.)
I noticed also that they used mostly Sprague "Bumblebee" capacitors in this TV with only one or 2 capacitors that were either Philco branded or Sprague capacitors that had the value written out numerically rather than using color coding.
Also is the modular chassis design used in this Philco Set related to the Modular Chassis Design that was used by Setchel-Carlson in their sets?
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