Post by Steve on Jun 28, 2023 0:05:47 GMT 12
If you own a model 66, could you please tell me what the suffix is, and the serial number? What I (think I) know:
66 - 1941
66E - late 1941
66J - 1942
mid-1942 - late 1945 ---war production---
66A - 1945
66W - 1946
66R - 1947
What I believed (although I don't recall why) is that the 66 ran until 1949, when the model 166 took over.
There was a model 61 sold in late 1947, and all through 1948, which was part of the experimental series of sets - the models 44, 34 and 61 with their tuned chokes and oval PM speakers. I *thought* the 61 sat outside the normal line of dual-wave 6 valve sets, but on reviewing all the serial numbers of all the 66's I have pictures of I cannot find a single model 66 tag with a date code after 1947.
So, now I am thinking that the 61 was a genuine replacement for the model 66 for about 2 years until the model 166 was introduced.
I'd love to find (or not find) model 66 tags after 1947...
Cheers, Steve
66 - 1941
66E - late 1941
66J - 1942
mid-1942 - late 1945 ---war production---
66A - 1945
66W - 1946
66R - 1947
What I believed (although I don't recall why) is that the 66 ran until 1949, when the model 166 took over.
There was a model 61 sold in late 1947, and all through 1948, which was part of the experimental series of sets - the models 44, 34 and 61 with their tuned chokes and oval PM speakers. I *thought* the 61 sat outside the normal line of dual-wave 6 valve sets, but on reviewing all the serial numbers of all the 66's I have pictures of I cannot find a single model 66 tag with a date code after 1947.
So, now I am thinking that the 61 was a genuine replacement for the model 66 for about 2 years until the model 166 was introduced.
I'd love to find (or not find) model 66 tags after 1947...
Cheers, Steve
