Philco Ford T160 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

wireless_john · 4th Feb 2018, 7:05 pm

Has anyone got any information or a schematic for a Philco Ford T160?

Photo attached.

Thanks

John

G6Tanuki · 4th Feb 2018, 7:22 pm

As a timeline, Ford bought Philco in December 1961 and sold the brand to GTE/Sylvania in 1974. They sold the brand on to Philips/Norelco in 1981.

I suspect your radio is from the early-1970s.

julie_m · 4th Feb 2018, 7:54 pm

It's definitely from sometime between 1967 and 1978, judging by the BBC stations on the dial. "Light", "Home" and "Third" became Radio 1 and 2, Radio 4 and Radio 3 respectively in 1967; and R4 moved to LW in the great frequency shuffle of 1978. And I'd tend to place it in the earlier half of that timeframe, because FM and integral mains PSUs were becoming standard on all but the cheapest sets by the late 1970s. The carton also looks a bit late-1960s, so I'd place it sometime 1968-72.

Some of these sets would have had the circuit diagram in the instruction manual, just to pad it out, but It's probably a very standard circuit anyway.

wireless_john · 5th Feb 2018, 9:19 am

Thank you!

John

4th Feb 2018, 7:05 pm	#1
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4th Feb 2018, 7:22 pm	#2
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,998	Re: Philco Ford T160 As a timeline, Ford bought Philco in December 1961 and sold the brand to GTE/Sylvania in 1974. They sold the brand on to Philips/Norelco in 1981. I suspect your radio is from the early-1970s.

4th Feb 2018, 7:54 pm	#3
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: Philco Ford T160 It's definitely from sometime between 1967 and 1978, judging by the BBC stations on the dial. "Light", "Home" and "Third" became Radio 1 and 2, Radio 4 and Radio 3 respectively in 1967; and R4 moved to LW in the great frequency shuffle of 1978. And I'd tend to place it in the earlier half of that timeframe, because FM and integral mains PSUs were becoming standard on all but the cheapest sets by the late 1970s. The carton also looks a bit late-1960s, so I'd place it sometime 1968-72. Some of these sets would have had the circuit diagram in the instruction manual, just to pad it out, but It's probably a very standard circuit anyway. __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.

5th Feb 2018, 9:19 am	#4
wireless_john Heptode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Gosport, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 606	Re: Philco Ford T160 Thank you! John __________________ GQRP Club 4704 - BVWS Member