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radiotron
09-03-2012, 05:39 PM
Great tvs!

radiotron
09-03-2012, 05:41 PM
My 1950/51 admiral tv!

ggregg
09-03-2012, 06:49 PM
Plenty of Admiral fans here. I have two older ones.

Sandy G
09-03-2012, 07:50 PM
Yep...I have a 19A11 7" Bakelite, & a 10" wood consollette...

bandersen
09-03-2012, 08:02 PM
Nice set. I've yet to find an Admiral with the built-in radio.

radiotron
09-03-2012, 08:16 PM
Nice set. I've yet to find an Admiral with the built-in radio.

Its a rare set the tv works great, but cant get the radio to work.
nice tvs and radios I also have a 1954 crosley with a very rare tuner with bad caps I have a rare philco pedicta aka my photo.

radiotron
09-03-2012, 08:22 PM
Plenty of Admiral fans here. I have two older ones.

Counting this one ive had 2 this, and an admiral super cascode

radiotron
09-03-2012, 08:26 PM
Nice set. I've yet to find an Admiral with the built-in radio.

I got it from tvtimeisfun for 40$

kvflyer
09-04-2012, 09:44 AM
Here is mine:

http://www.streitsonline.com/don/26R12_1.jpg

http://www.streitsonline.com/don/before.jpg

DavGoodlin
09-04-2012, 01:48 PM
I have its plain cousin, a 17DX12. I intend to restore it during the "coming winter"
It did work 34 years ago, but will get ALL its caps changed this time.:yes:

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=253841 #9 B mine

Just hoping I get the fantastic results the rest of you A-guys get.

radiotron
09-04-2012, 02:09 PM
Here is mine:

http://www.streitsonline.com/don/26R12_1.jpg

http://www.streitsonline.com/don/before.jpg

nice mine is really close exept built in radio (top of page):thmbsp:

Phil Nelson
09-04-2012, 02:37 PM
I recently finished this 19A12 tabletop, my first Admiral set.

http://antiqueradio.org/art/Admiral19A12TelevisionRestored.jpg

It was an easy restoration and this 7-inch TV performs very well given its simple design. This may inspire me to dig out the 24C15 console that's waiting for restoration in the back of my shop.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

Tubejunke
09-05-2012, 01:13 AM
Very nice picture quality on both sets!

tvtimeisfun
09-05-2012, 05:11 AM
:banana::banana:hey I am down to just 2 admiral comos and one plastic cabinet table set and 1 metal set.. but none of thetvs work 1 combo radio and record changer does and that sucks..:thumbsdn::tears:

David Roper
09-05-2012, 07:28 AM
Is the TV in post #2 playing 'as found'?

radiotron
09-05-2012, 09:09 AM
Is the TV in post #2 playing 'as found'?

All original non restored:scratch2::sigh::thumbsdn::tears:

David Roper
09-05-2012, 12:58 PM
I don't want to take the springiness out of your bananas [...] but your Admiral has 'bad caps' too, it just happens to be running on them--for the moment. It's up to you, but I'd at minimum replace the electrolytics to avoid a smokey disappointment one day.

kvflyer
09-05-2012, 02:02 PM
That 26R12 that I have shown above actually worked when I got it. But I did a complete restoration which included all paper and electrolytic capacitors and any tubes that were sub par. After it was running for a while, I heard a pop on the bench and lost half of the vertical height. And, the linearity was way off. And, this is what it looked like:

http://www.streitsonline.com/don/after.jpg

Long story short, it was "tin whiskers" on the height control. Boy, that was my first encounter and it was a bugger to find.

The pictures way above are the set when I got it. I have since gotten the correct color volume control knob. And the second picture is after I found and cleaned the height control. This set works very well with the BT modulator...

radiotron
09-06-2012, 06:09 PM
POST YOUR SETS (ADMIRAL) find questions answers, and fix yours!:thmbsp:

wa2ise
09-06-2012, 08:04 PM
POST YOUR SETS (ADMIRAL)

http://www.wa2ise.com/radios/admiraltv.jpg

radiotron
09-06-2012, 08:05 PM
http://www.wa2ise.com/radios/admiraltv.jpg

Very nice!:banana: I have the tabletop model with the built in radio (FIRST PICTURE!)

radiotron
09-07-2012, 05:04 AM
I recently finished this 19A12 tabletop, my first Admiral set.

http://antiqueradio.org/art/Admiral19A12TelevisionRestored.jpg

It was an easy restoration and this 7-inch TV performs very well given its simple design. This may inspire me to dig out the 24C15 console that's waiting for restoration in the back of my shop.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

nice how long was the restoration?

radiotron
09-07-2012, 10:11 AM
I don't want to take the springiness out of your bananas [...] but your Admiral has 'bad caps' too, it just happens to be running on them--for the moment. It's up to you, but I'd at minimum replace the electrolytics to avoid a smokey disappointment one day.

Is that why it has a buzz when it plays?:scratch2:

Phil Nelson
09-07-2012, 12:04 PM
nice how long was the restoration?About 10 days, give or take, because I'm a slowpoke and I putter with these things sporadically. An experienced restorer who works steadily might would have done the same work in two or three days.

This was an unusually easy restoration because it's a simple TV and I happened to find a good one. Most of my projects take longer -- sometimes much longer, depending on the complexity of the TV and what problems it has.

Phil Nelson

radiotron
09-07-2012, 02:42 PM
About 10 days, give or take, because I'm a slowpoke and I putter with these things sporadically. An experienced restorer who works steadily might would have done the same work in two or three days.

This was an unusually easy restoration because it's a simple TV and I happened to find a good one. Most of my projects take longer -- sometimes much longer, depending on the complexity of the TV and what problems it has.

Phil Nelson

Thanks

Dan Starnes
09-07-2012, 02:47 PM
I am partial to Admirals. Grew up with them. Parents had 3 total. I have only 1.

radiotron
09-07-2012, 02:50 PM
I am partial to Admirals. Grew up with them. Parents had 3 total. I have only 1.

They made a nice quality set i have a 1951 tabletop (WORKS) with a built in radio!

radiotron
09-07-2012, 06:47 PM
http://www.wa2ise.com/radios/admiraltv.jpg

My friend paul has this exact set!:

bandersen
09-07-2012, 08:33 PM
Here are a few of my Admiral sets circa 2009. The collection has grown a bit since then. I'm going to try and clear some space to take updated group photos.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2457/4062698960_8f3d886b4a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/4062698960/)

radiotron
09-07-2012, 08:35 PM
Here are a few of my Admiral sets circa 2009. The collection has grown a bit since then. I'm going to try and clear some space to take updated group photos.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2457/4062698960_8f3d886b4a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/4062698960/)

nice:

bandersen
09-07-2012, 08:49 PM
Thanks. Here's a "few" more for ya.
Some of these sets belong to a fellow local collector. I;ve been restoring them for him. All but two of these sets were found locally.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6485245207_9b9d0557b4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6485245207/) http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6034/6393131233_f944f54161.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6393131233/)


http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6192/6054066086_99a3ddc087.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6054066086/) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6808814167_75fcb0cc97.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6808814167/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6403581161_fe6d30bc9d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6403581161/) http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3312/3495576218_85d715b293.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/3495576218/)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5262/5604888225_5ae905c19e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5604888225/) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6693835993_a8eb03aae0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6693835993/)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5107/5623957594_0328b18944.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5623957594/)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2573/5819721379_cc3d541df0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5819721379/) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/7756814742_5e78d2fa9f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/7756814742/)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5260/5493222183_9576815275.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5493222183/) http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5050/5283772343_7f58be952a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5283772343/)

radiotron
09-07-2012, 08:56 PM
Thanks. Here's a "few" more for ya.
Some of these sets belong to a fellow local collector. I;ve been restoring them for him. All but two of these sets were found locally.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6485245207_9b9d0557b4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6485245207/) http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6034/6393131233_f944f54161.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6393131233/)


http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6192/6054066086_99a3ddc087.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6054066086/) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6808814167_75fcb0cc97.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6808814167/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6403581161_fe6d30bc9d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6403581161/) http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3312/3495576218_85d715b293.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/3495576218/)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5262/5604888225_5ae905c19e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5604888225/) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6693835993_a8eb03aae0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/6693835993/)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5107/5623957594_0328b18944.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5623957594/)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2573/5819721379_cc3d541df0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5819721379/) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/7756814742_5e78d2fa9f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/7756814742/)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5260/5493222183_9576815275.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5493222183/) http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5050/5283772343_7f58be952a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5283772343/)

very very nice

bandersen
09-07-2012, 08:58 PM
BTW you can post a reply without hitting quote or can edit your posts to eliminate the duplicate photo overload.

radiotron
09-07-2012, 09:31 PM
ok thanks.

wa2ise
09-08-2012, 09:42 AM
At first I though, oh God, someone fishtanked it. But now that I look at it, it looks like an add on water or oil filled lens to magnify the CRT face size. whew.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2573/5819721379_cc3d541df0.jpg

Sandy G
09-08-2012, 10:27 AM
I ran acrost one of the "Biggest EVER piece of Bakelite" 10" sets about 10-15 yrs ago in an antique/junk shoppe in Ft. Chiswell, Virginia...IIRC, they wanted $150 for it, the bakelite was unbroken, but the chassis was rusty as all get-out, & I passed on it...Wished I HADN'T now... Went back there last summer, & of course it was gone. That area is FULL of Aunty Kew shoppes-its REASONABLY close to Hillsville, Virginia, site of one of the BIGGEST antique/yard sale/honey hole extravaganzas in the mid south...Ever year at Labor Day.

radiotron
09-08-2012, 08:11 PM
my 1951 admiral is sold! for a halolight combo:banana:

bandersen
09-09-2012, 02:11 AM
At first I though, oh God, someone fishtanked it. But now that I look at it, it looks like an add on water or oil filled lens to magnify the CRT face size. whew.


Right, it's a giant add on magnifier. The chassis and CRT are on the floor to the right of the set.
The cabinet is in miserable condition and the chassis is a bit chewed up, but when I saw that magnifier I knew I had to get it :)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3515/5819913583_d81f70d215.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5819913583/) http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3345/5819720883_4c31cf48eb.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5819720883/) http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5069/5819722007_247c73ce41.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/70039806@N00/5819722007/)

Aussie Bloke
09-09-2012, 02:55 AM
Back in the late 1950s and possibly 60s Admiral B&W tellies were selling down here in Australia, an example of an Australian Admiral set is a 1957 Admiral Imperial 800 21" B&W TV which can be viewed at the Powerhouse Museum website http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=11134 . According to the given info this set was made in Sydney so Admiral must of had an overseas branch here in Australia to manufacture tellies for the Aussie market. Also got some 1957 pictures from some state library site of the Admiral TV assembly line in a factory located in Bankstown so that would be where that set was made, here they are:

Aussie Bloke
09-09-2012, 02:59 AM
In addition here's another example of an Admiral down under:http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/tv50-anniversary-of-television-in-australia/7164/admiral-super-cascode-black-and-white-tv-with-remote-control/
It's an early 1960s Admiral Super Cascode B&W TV with remote control.

n2bew
09-09-2012, 03:21 AM
Here is my Admiral 24a12 I just found a few weeks ago on craigslist only a 1 hour drive from my house. My first admiral and my first bakelite set! Needless to say I was very happy to find it. As I posted to ARF this set would have been at the top of my wishlist to find, and I could not believe I actually did! :thmbsp:

wa2ise
09-09-2012, 09:26 AM
Back in the late 1950s and possibly 60s Admiral B&W tellies were selling down here in Australia

Drop by http://www.vintage-radio.com.au/. They have a TV forum there, along with antique radios.
http://vintage-radio.com.au/default.asp?f=6

kvflyer
09-09-2012, 12:00 PM
In addition here's another example of an Admiral down under:http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/tv50-anniversary-of-television-in-australia/7164/admiral-super-cascode-black-and-white-tv-with-remote-control/
It's an early 1960s Admiral Super Cascode B&W TV with remote control.


Where is it located? My daughter lives in Melbourne and I visit frequently. I would love to see the collection. BTW, they both work at Museum Victoria.

kvflyer
09-09-2012, 12:05 PM
Here is my Admiral 24a12 I just found a few weeks ago on craigslist only a 1 hour drive from my house. My first admiral and my first bakelite set! Needless to say I was very happy to find it. As I posted to ARF this set would have been at the top of my wishlist to find, and I could not believe I actually did! :thmbsp:

Nice set! welcome to the club...

radiotron
09-09-2012, 05:09 PM
off topic, but just got a silvania halolight combo!

ggregg
09-09-2012, 06:35 PM
We know!!!

radiotron
09-09-2012, 08:05 PM
We know!!!

ouch

Eric H
09-09-2012, 08:53 PM
off topic, but just got a silvania halolight combo!:banana:

May I suggest that you start a Thread just for that set, we'd like to see it but not in a thread about Admirals.

Aussie Bloke
09-10-2012, 12:17 PM
Where is it located? My daughter lives in Melbourne and I visit frequently. I would love to see the collection. BTW, they both work at Museum Victoria.

That TV is in the collection of Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) located in Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne.

dieseljeep
09-10-2012, 01:51 PM
I recently finished this 19A12 tabletop, my first Admiral set.

http://antiqueradio.org/art/Admiral19A12TelevisionRestored.jpg

It was an easy restoration and this 7-inch TV performs very well given its simple design. This may inspire me to dig out the 24C15 console that's waiting for restoration in the back of my shop.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

Is the picture shown on the screen a clip from the movie " Psycho". :scratch2:

kvflyer
09-11-2012, 08:29 AM
That TV is in the collection of Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) located in Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne.


OK, a big Thanks! I will go by there when I come back over in November. Since my daughter and son-in-law work at MV, I am in downtown Melbourne all of the time. Been in the Flinders St train station many times whilst using the Metro and trams.

kvflyer
09-11-2012, 08:29 AM
Is the picture shown on the screen a clip from the movie " Psycho". :scratch2:

I would bet you are right!

Phil Nelson
09-11-2012, 10:36 AM
a clip from the movie " Psycho"Yes. She's driving to the motel with stolen money in her purse.

Phil

dieseljeep
09-11-2012, 12:54 PM
Yes. She's driving to the motel with stolen money in her purse.

Phil

Was she driving the '58 Ford?
I only have a copy of that movie, taken from the broadcast of the Movie.
After thinking about it, she must've had the '58 Ford allready! :yes:

old_coot88
09-11-2012, 01:53 PM
IIRC it was a '57. The '58 had the new-fangled quad headlights.
How many of y'all remember Tom McCahill's column in Mechanix Illustrated? His comment on the new headlights was "two good headlights are better than four lousy ones."
:D:D

radiotron
09-11-2012, 03:14 PM
my vm 950 record player plays 2 seconds, then makes a loud click then drops the next record etc.

zenithfan1
09-11-2012, 03:19 PM
Please post about this problem in the phonograph forum where you already have a thread about the changer.:banana: Not all over the place. :banana: Thank you. :banana:

radiotron
09-11-2012, 07:56 PM
eric h closed my thread POST THOSE TUBE TVS!:nono::no::thumbsdn::tears:

zenithfan1
09-11-2012, 09:19 PM
It's because you keep posting about off topic stuff in the wrong places. I'm about having fun and joking around but all that aside, you really have to listen to what he says. Please post stuff in the right spot. Thank you. :banana:

radiotron
09-12-2012, 04:29 AM
sold my 1951 admiral!

radiotron
09-12-2012, 02:23 PM
what does it mean if a 1951 admiral has retrace lines that wont go away? bad caps?

kvflyer
09-12-2012, 03:12 PM
what does it mean if a 1951 admiral has retrace lines that wont go away? bad caps?:banana:


Dude, please stop posting the same question in multiple threads!

zenithfan1
09-12-2012, 03:19 PM
Yes. Please stop! I just answered it in your OTHER thread.





kamisama, tasukete kuremasu kudasai......

wa2ise
09-12-2012, 07:39 PM
No need to post a question in every TV forum, must all of us read all the TV forums, so most all of us will see it no matter which forum you post it in. Just pick the forum that most closely matches the type of TV the question is about.

Though bananas don't really make sense here, I wanted to add a few anyway :D
:banana::banana::banana::banana:

radiotron
09-12-2012, 07:44 PM
No need to post a question in every TV forum, must all of us read all the TV forums, so most all of us will see it no matter which forum you post it in. Just pick the forum that most closely matches the type of TV the question is about.

Though bananas don't really make sense here, I wanted to add a few anyway :D
:banana::banana::banana::banana:

be carful people are getting mad over to many bananas they made a whole fourm over it, so i stoped.

radiotron
09-16-2012, 03:59 PM
now the admiral that i sold to tvtimeisfun has weak sound

dieseljeep
09-16-2012, 07:59 PM
now the admiral that i sold to tvtimeisfun has weak sound
Ask them what kind of DTV convertor they're using. If it's a Magnavox, they don't seem to work well with some older sets and some newer ones. Always a problem with low audio, no matter what you do, to try to correct it. :no:

fsjonsey
10-07-2012, 03:16 AM
This thread:
http://i.imgur.com/AKUWx.gif