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Old 04-01-2012, 10:22 PM
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New member to Videokarma and Caretaker of a CT-100

I just became a member and find that this site is great to meet vintage tv collectors and a great source of information for restoring my CT-100.

I'm Jerry and I'm 57 years old. My father was a RCA dealer, Bristol Radio and Electric Co., located in Bristol, Rhode Island. He purchased the CT-100 back in 1954. So I've owned the Merrill all of my life. The serial number is B8000797. I restored the cabinet about 25 years ago. I lost interest when the CRT lost it's vacuum. I moved to Miami about two years ago and decided to take it with me. A few months ago I was talking about it to a friend and he urged me to check out the web and try to see what was out there for a CRT rebuild. Well, I got the fever back again for the set to run. I know RACS is rebuilding the 15GP22 but not sure if the vacuum problem is solved yet. Pete Dexnis told me he would know in a couple of weeks. Till then, I'm going to start restoring the chassis. If anyone can offer any information about restoring the set properly, I would very much appreciate a PM from you. Also, if anyone has any spare parts they wish to sell, I would be interested. I look forward to chatting and getting to know all of you guys into vintage tvs.

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Old 04-01-2012, 10:31 PM
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Ding! Ding! We have another set to add to the living CT-100 list.

EDIT: I'm sure you gave the serial number to Pete and the list will be updated to reflect your set.

Welcome by the way.

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Old 04-01-2012, 10:34 PM
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Thanks David, I've been looking at some of the threads and so glad I found this site!! What do you own?
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Old 04-01-2012, 10:36 PM
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Hey, great site you have Dave!!
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Old 04-01-2012, 10:42 PM
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I own #B8002698



...among other things. Most of what I have is pictured at tvontheporch.com

EDIT: Thank you for the kind words! Expect some long-overdue updates soon....

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Old 04-01-2012, 10:49 PM
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Nice CT-100! And can't believe you own all those sets!! That's fantastic. I've thought about collecting more sets since I've got the bug back to restore my CT-100, but just don't have the space. You must have a warehouse!
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Old 04-01-2012, 10:50 PM
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Did you restore the cabinet on your CT-100? Looks great!
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Old 04-01-2012, 11:07 PM
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Nope, not yet. Amazing what you can do with a lot of natural light...and a little retouching.
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Old 04-02-2012, 09:00 AM
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That's great! I wish my finish was original. But even back 25 years ago, the finish was cracked everywhere. Not sure why that happened because it was in my house all those years. Refinishing it came out really nice, but considering redoing it to a more professional finish with hand rubbed lacquer finish. But that will only happen when I get the set running and restored.
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