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Old 09-05-2011, 08:18 PM
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Congrats! It's hard to believe this was to be parted out. Thank goodness you saved it. And to think I was impressed when the Sear's tower opened.
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Old 09-06-2011, 12:12 AM
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Maybe after that you can get the ones between CTC 4 and 9 and start your own RCA color museum.
At this point, the only one I haven't owned is a CTC-5. I had and sold a nice CTC-9, that was my first roundie. As you know I'm working on veneering the CTC-7, I have no desire to own anything after CTC-10. If I could one day own a Wingate, that would be about the only thing I'd consider collecting. The first 3 is enough for me, though if a Model 5 showed up...
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Old 09-06-2011, 01:06 AM
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Nick my friend, when it comes to RCA color sets you are a guy that wants the best and gets the best. I have no doubt that you will be celebrating the acquisition of Model 5andor a Winate soon. I can't help but envy your legendary RCA collection, ya lucky dawg.
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Old 09-06-2011, 01:23 AM
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Congratulations for your latest acquisition, Nick, and welcome to the CT-100 club. I see that this set's channel-selector knob appears to be light-colored, as is mine, though I have seen others that are darker.

Regarding the seller, he is apparently a ham-radio operator as am I; most hams I have ever met are good people do deal with.
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Old 09-06-2011, 12:58 PM
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Wow, congratulations. Quite a find. You really do have TV mojo, as the hippies used to say. So when are you opening your museum?

(That CTC-9 is still doing great, by the way; the Kovacs color special DVD was especially sweet.)
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Old 09-08-2011, 01:33 AM
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As I have mentioned in the past, eight years ago in early 2003 some 25 entries in the Living CT-100 List were lost in a computer HD crash. Since then a handfull have been recovered from various means, but although the Merrill-in-a-window description sounds familiar, I have not been able to match this set to an entry in the list.

So Nick, pls pass along the chassis serial number when it becomes available to you.

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If memory serves, and that's saying a lot.
I recall an AK post many years ago about a sun baked CT-100 that stood in a store window in Kansas. Looked very much like Nick's faded cabinet.

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Old 09-10-2011, 06:51 PM
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Set is ready for pickup! I'm in the process of booking through U-Ship at the moment.

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Old 09-10-2011, 08:40 PM
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Sweet! It will be cool to see that CT-100 running next to a working prototype, 21-CT-55 and CTC-4 someday....you are going to need to get a bigger treasure display wall, and maybe some extension cords to run all of them at once without tripping the breaker, and some more antenna matching transformers, coaxal cable, cable splitters, etc.... You know what, that collection is too much trouble, and as SandyG likes to joke you should box them up and send them to me. LOL.

Glad you saved it.

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Old 09-13-2011, 03:01 PM
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Shipping is booked through U-Ship now, just waiting for confirmation of the arrival!
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Old 09-23-2011, 07:32 PM
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Set will be here early tomorrow morning!
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Old 09-23-2011, 09:29 PM
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Can't wait to see it. Congradulations, Nick!!
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Old 09-23-2011, 10:07 PM
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Old 09-24-2011, 10:46 AM
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And here it is!





In a box were all the spare parts including another CRT mask, 2 panes of glass, the knobs, and random hardware. Looks to be all there and in great shape, except for the channel indicator which was all faded from being in the sun. I have another but it's not original, and I have no idea where it came from. It seems to have followed me home from the ETF meet, but I honestly don't remember picking it up. Someone must have slipped it into my poclet or something, because back then I had no use for a CT-100 knob.
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Old 09-24-2011, 11:15 AM
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Just tested the 15GP22: great emission at only 4.5 volts on all 3 guns, needle doesn't dip into the bad zone until the heaters are completely dark. In other words, it's like brand new. Now off to start a resto thread, first thing that needs attention is the cabinet. It's not in very bad shape structurally, but the finish on 3 sides did get stripped off by the sun.
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Old 09-24-2011, 11:48 AM
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Man, you must have been livin' right, to get such a reward.

Looks like new, apart from the sun fading.

If you remove the bezel, or just lift up the lid, you'll see the original cabinet color areas that weren't exposed to the sun. That will guide you in refinishing. The original color may be redder than you're expecting.

If your decals can't be salvaged, I have a spare set that I'll donate to the cause.

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