AUdubon5425
05-20-2009, 11:59 PM
If anyone is near Quincy, Ill. there's a nice Motorola color console for bid, it's not a roundie but has a very nice Drexel cabinet and appears to be very nice cosmetically.
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-VACUUM-TUBE-1960S-MOTOROLA-COLOR-TV... (http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-VACUUM-TUBE-1960S-MOTOROLA-COLOR-TV-DREXEL-CAB_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1234Q7c66Q3a2 Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a0Q7c293Q3 a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem 20abd6c7beQQitemZ140321933246QQptZTelevisionsQQsal enotsupported)
Eric H
05-21-2009, 12:15 AM
Wow, for $49 it's a steal!
zenithfan1
05-21-2009, 12:33 AM
I think this one was on the bay twice last year but didn't sell due to location, Doug almost bought it but decided the drive was too much at the time. I would like to have it but I think it has the dreaded 23EGP22 in it. I do like the Moto style, build quality and the Drexel cabinet so I'd probably take a chance anyway if it were closer.
radiotvnut
05-21-2009, 01:18 AM
I too think it has the dreaded 23EGP22 in it as well. And, remember what happened to Doug when he tried to remove the cataracts from one of these!
Robert Grant
05-21-2009, 10:09 AM
If I remember correctly, this set would be "too rectangular" to be the 23EGP22.
I always thought the shape of the 23EGP22 was a "pregnant rectangle", like the rectangle in my avatar - the shape of a 21ATP4 or 24YP4 (and many others).
N9ZQA
05-21-2009, 03:16 PM
The set in my avatar is an Admiral with a 23EGP22. I knew nothing about cataracts or their removal until posting here. I removed the cataract in the garage one night using a heat gun and a garbage can. The tube has a wonderful picture, contrary to almost everything I've heard about it. However, I've since heard that the weak spot of the 23EGP is the frit bonding the bell to the faceplate; it sounds like that's what got Doug when he tried to remove the cataract from his. Had I seen that before I tried mine I don't know if I would have gone through with it.
-Jim
holmesuser01
05-21-2009, 05:31 PM
We owned a 23" Motorola console from 1967 to 1970. Dad replaced the kine twice, and when it went dim again, he bought a vastly better Magnavox. I got the Motorola. It was the hardest to replace tube that I have ever done.
Robert Grant
05-22-2009, 12:42 AM
With the picture in your avatar, I guess a stand corrected.
Can't decide if the one on eBay is the same shape as yours, though.
julianburke
05-23-2009, 10:32 PM
If you know a 23EGP22, you will know where the anode is. Take a look where it is, on the side which is a 23EGP22. 25G's and others will have it on the top.