Philco Touchscreen Jukebox

[bogielocks]

Greetings All..

I've been lurking around this site for years, but finally decided to join. I've recently picked up a working Philco 38-4 antique radio. I know some folks may get mad redesigning such a nice piece of vintage electronics. I looked for an old radio cab so I wouldn't feel so guilty, but everything I found was too expensive ($200 plus). I found this radio two towns over for $50, and the cabinet is in great shape, just needs very little cleaning. The chassis, tubes and the dial I'm planning on giving to a radio restorer. That way some of this classy machine may bring back another vintage radio.



I just couldn't pass it up. I have a 15" touchscreen that will fit perfectly in the center, you can almost see where I mean. I hope to use two of the three original knobs for power and volume. I'll just install them in different locations. There's no way I can do anything until the spring since I have no indoor place to work. I will post an update once I get started. Anybody who has any ideas, I'd welcome anything..

Cheers!

Bogie

[drventure]

Fantastic. I've been on the lookout for a unit like that. Busted enough to not be worth trying to restore, but decent enough that with a little work, you could retrofit a nice touchscreen in it.

Good score.

Can't wait to see where you go with it!

[Bobby115]

Here is one i did a while back.............

[Meph]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=112421.0

Here is the project thread for the Philco i'm currently working on.  I actually got back to work on it again today and its fully stripped and ready for lacquer now.  If your planning to use a 15" Elo touchscreen in it then you won't have enough room to keep those two dials if you mount it on the front slope.  If your planning to use software like E-Touch then you really wont need the dials anyways.  The radio your using has the same speaker cloth as mine.  I have a site that sells the philco "V" pattern cloth that ours uses if you want a link.  I think its about $30 for the replacement.  Judging by that photo it doesn't look like you will need any real restoration work on the cabinet so it should be a pretty easy project.  Grats, I love seeing more people doing these projects, gives me more ideas for mine.  =)