azbigsam
04-12-2013, 12:33 PM
Anyone know who the maker of this set might be? Contacted the owner and he doesn't see any identification on it.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
View Full Version : help identifying set azbigsam 04-12-2013, 12:33 PM Anyone know who the maker of this set might be? Contacted the owner and he doesn't see any identification on it. Thanks in advance. David Roper 04-12-2013, 12:47 PM Appears to be a post-porthole era Raytheon. jr_tech 04-12-2013, 01:07 PM Real close to this Airline: http://tvhistory.tv/1951-Airline-05BR3027A.JPG I checked Photofact (set 150, folder 3, dated 11-51) and it appears to have the same layout, including the two transformers mounted near the back edge of the chassis, 5U4 on the left, HV on the right. jr Eric H 04-12-2013, 03:40 PM Definitely Raytheon built, I have a similar model but with a more Trapezoidal cabinet, and also no identifying marks, that someone identified as a Truetone (Western Auto Stores). Actually from this angle my set looks square also, but it is about two inches narrower at the top than the bottom. jr_tech 04-12-2013, 05:13 PM Interesting! Photofact 161, folder10 (3-52) shows a Truetone with the the same chassis layout as the Airline that I posted about above. Again they show a rounded top version, but list other models. Roundtop=2d2043a Others=2d1091, 2d2047b Wonder how many other "store brand" TVs are the same Raytheon-built set? jr Captain Video 04-12-2013, 08:41 PM Now, seeing the pictures of that set brought me back some memories... when I was maybe seven years old I saw a TV that looked like that one ( as far as I can remember ) abandoned in the sidewalk, ready to be picked-up by the garbage truck... I lived in Rio de Janeiro at that time. I remember that I really wanted to save that TV from destruction... I've got the "bug" of vintage TV collecting since that time! cbenham 04-13-2013, 12:33 AM Appears to be a post-porthole era Raytheon. Weren't Belmont sets also built by Raytheon? John Folsom 04-13-2013, 12:59 PM I have a Raytheon Belmont set.... don't know when the names split. Were they different companies, or just marketing names? Eric H 04-13-2013, 02:48 PM I know Raytheon built sets for Wards (Airline), Truetone (Western Auto) and Stewart Warner. azbigsam 04-14-2013, 01:47 AM Eric, Is your set a 12" crt? |