http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/for/1498577279.html

AND brags about it....

some one should call him and ask if he s canned the "gutz" and if he did let him know it was prob worth a couple grand if it was not gutted.

What is it with these fools ruining tvs lately? Anyway, he says at the end of the ad "it IS NOT a motorola however, i think it says traviler" I can't think of what it probably really says that happens to look like 'traviler', but it was more than likely just one of the more common 1950s 21" b/w consoles.

Perhaps this TraV-ler is close :scratch2::

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1956-Travler-brochure2.jpg

From:

http://www.tvhistory.tv/

Was TraV-ler the Western Auto house brand?

jr

I've never seen a TraV-ler tv before. I know Western Auto made Truetone radios and Wizard brand tubes, I don't know what they called their tvs.

Travler was a radio (and later a TV) manufacturer that started in St. Louis in the 20's and ended up in Chicago after financial problems hit about 1931. They mostly made el cheapo stuff under their own name but did some private-branding, too.

Yeah, every TravLer set I've seen was very cheap, a competitor for Muntz. I would feel worse about this set if not for the fact that I have a whole pile of TV sets that age that I can't give away...so, if the set was complete, who among us would go get it and give him $20?

I work in the electronics industry currently and the sad fact is most people don't really understand or care about this technology. The most common response is "Oh yeh, I remember those"

Unless you were close to the industry or just lived in that era, all people think is why in the world would you want to save and collect those old tv's.

None of them understand the simple fact that color tv in the 50's was a technology out of sync with the times. Most people were just getting their first b & w tv, but little did they know that color was alive and well at the same time. Granted the reliability of the early sets was suspect, but even still, an amazing feat.

I have a Travler bw set and it seems to be built very well. All metal cabinet and chassis

Yeah, but what if it WAS some super-duper ultra-rare prototype...A CT-100 clone or somesuch...That doofus coulda "Woofed" a $5K set...I'm sorry, I'm just in one of those "Not suffering Fools Gladly" moods...