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Thinking about getting this... Fleetwood 21-41
As far as I can tell, looks like a Fleetwood Constellation 21-41.
For $20, not a bad deal. Anyone have some info on this set like a service doc or such? The seller says it was powered on and gave a quick flash before dying... hoping they meant the dial lamp lit up and went out when an internal fuse blew or so... Either way if I do go take a look I'm bringing a multimeter and ohming out the CRT and power transformer. |
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Is this a Fleetwood built by Conrac or is it the Canadian Fleetwood company? Apparently they are not related.
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20 bux, you can prolly recoup THAT out of selling the Tubes...
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No kidding, a good 21" CRT's worth that, that's a nice Collaro changer in that thing too.
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Original ad is here: Am waiting to hear back from the seller, will do my best to convince someone with a car to help me go pick it up. |
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I'll be heading out this Thursday to get it - for $20 It's no big loss if the tube is shot, it still makes a nice display piece and worst case I'll do something "reversible" with it or find another home... but that's for later, too many what-ifs right now.
Will post pictures in a new thread once I get it, keep your eyes peeled for the restoration! It's gonna be interesting as I'll be armed with a DMM, a variac, and very little else, though I can source a scope for alignment. |
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Are you driving a Fleetwood there to pick it up?
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A scope alone is only good for checking waveforms, and adjusting synchroguide based horizontal oscillator circuits, buut...Without a good sweep generator you should not touch the alignment(except for the audio only stages).
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Yes, and I'll be blasting some mac to boot (jk)
Definitely agree with you on that point. I've watched all of bandersen's youtube stuff, so I know what I'm getting into without any of that gear. I know where I can probably source some more of the required gear if needed, but I don't know for sure. In any case, I'm not touching it unless I know I can do it right. |
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You would certainly need a good sized car! That set is nice looking. Hopefully you will be able to get something in there working.
Is that shortwave on the upper radio band?
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Car wise it _should_ fit per the dimensions in that ad, it's a hatchback in which the rear seats can be folded down for space... but theory might collide with reality in ~2 hours though |
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Good luck!
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IT IS MINE! We _barely_ fit it into a mazda3 hatchback, and it was definitely a challenge. Ended up pulling the TV chassis so we could lift it.
New thread here where I'll be doing the restoration. http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=258161 |
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Did you take a picture of it in the car? That had to be quite the sight... in the back of a Mazda 3!
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I know what a car PACKED full of vintage electronics looks like from all the swap meets I've attended with a couple of c-notes and the family Honda CR-V(both the new one and the old one that got totaled)...There have been a few times where I dragged two consoles at once home in that thing(usually along with a bunch of tube radios and other gear for padding not to mention the folks up front and me in the back seat swimming in gear). The CR-V is one of the best SUVs IMHO for this kind of hobby...big enough for most large consoles(or two smaller ones ), some gear, and passengers, yet not a freakin' boat to drive and with fairly good MPG.
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