Rare 40s or 50s Westinghouse tv. Needs to be restored or used for parts. Took close up pictures that are accurate. Very heavy like 60lbs before packing. Cannot guarantee if it is all there but seems to be. Pictures should be a lot of help.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140321502316

1. Remove all tubes, including (carefully) the CRT.


2. Pull the knobs off.


3. Throw everything else in the trash!

Gee It's a tough choise. The one stored in the ocean for 50 yrs or the one set on fire. Hmmmmmm
Terry

Definitely was in a fire. Speaking from experience, unfortunately.

Charles

Naaah. Just in the home of a heavy smoker. Never say never - could be worse.

Roger

Looks like it was laying on it's side at the time, the smoke damage is all in one direction and there are some clean spots where a couple tube shields? were laying.

I thought it had been burned first time I saw it but now I think it's mostly smoke damage, the wiring to the CRT isn't melted nor is most of the cord.
The veneer on the one side is scorched or covered in smoke though.

The CRT could still be good. If it was priced at $9.95 I might bid for the knobs but $59 is too much.

If I had a few extra $$$ right about now , I'd bit on it ...
I wouldn't go past the starting bid though .
Shipping would be the killer

It's really hard to get the soot off the chassis. Several of my sets which I pulled from the burned house are still waiting to be cleaned up (20 years), since it's such a huge job. I saved a 7" Philco bakelite set (sadly was in mint condition and recapped), and I gave it to a friend up in Portland. I think he got it cleaned up enough to display, but wasn't able to get all the black & corrosion off the chassis. Here are pictures of two of those sets; the Philco and a 20" Kaye-Halbert Normandy which I saved. Looking at my pictures as compared to the Westinghouse set, I'm pretty sure about the theory that it was in a fire, and not just around smokers. My Philco still had it's knobs on it, but I had pulled them off before taking the picture because I had pulled the chassis to check what shape it was in underneath. The safety glass had cracked, but I think that was because the fire dept. had taken it off the shelf where it was, and it was dropped face-down. The paper decals were still OK. Go figure... My CT-100 was totally incinerated because it was upstairs. The Kaye-Halbert was in an upstairs room with the door closed, and the door didn't burn through right away. The door was open to the room where the CT-100 was.

Charles

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/kx250racer/BurntPhilcoFrnt.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/kx250racer/BurntPhilcoRear.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/kx250racer/BurntKH_NormandyFrnt.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/kx250racer/BurntKH_NormandyChass.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/kx250racer/DuPontFire-1.jpg

And the miracle: The fire dept was able to save the big back room, which had over 200 early TVs in it. It's not right to thank God for material things, but this might be the exception! The bottom photo shows the outside of that room, which faced the fire, and the top shows how the heat and smoke was just starting to sneak through the top of the door and charred the door moulding, and melted the light switch plate. Another few minutes, or even seconds.......

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/kx250racer/1988fireBackroomsaved.jpg

Well, for what it's worth, 23 years ago, and, yes, I still have it, I was brought a load of junk tv's, which included a 17" rectangular Spartan tv. The set had been in a house fire. One side of cabinet badly charred. One knob severely melted. I checked power supply, and, with a replacement picture tube, I re-capped the set. It actually played.
Bill Cahill