Wounded GE, worth it or not?

[Yamamaya42]

not sure...

MO# GE 21c172 UHF

Clearly necked.

http://suzaku.live-evil.org/40656113...65597642_n.jpg
http://suzaku.live-evil.org/40687820...52943450_n.jpg

Cabernet looks OK, Asking $75.. may offer $50

2 hours from here

http://suzaku.live-evil.org/GE-crt.jpg

ETF does have CRTs for it.

[nasadowsk]

Given how rare decent GEs from the 50s or 60s are, I’d look past the bumpski, get the CRT, and gopher it!

[zeno]

Got remote & UHF too !
This was before GE built mostly junk so may pay for it if
you gotta have it.

Zeno

[Yamamaya42]

I'm still arranging to get it, it IS quite far from me, then once I do get my paws on it, I'll try to bring it up with the 8YP4.

Then comes the real pain of tracking down a viable replacement CRT.

[DavGoodlin]

That is one of the 1957-58 models with a vertically oriented chassis U1 or U2. The CRT is a 90-degree 21CBP4 or similar, very easy to find.

This was one of GE's first models using the "new" printed circuit boards. I had a table model with just power tuning and it was fun to service into a great performer, far better than GE's "portable" models.

I have a 1956 "Ultra Vision" with controls (and chassis) above the picture tube the last GE using dip-soldering. Its 21AUP4 was dead but the ETF sold me a NOS Raytheon replacement at reasonable cost. It makes a raster even before a re-cap, GE used fewer but better parts , Philco on the other hand.....

This is absolutely worth getting for the sheer fun of it or at least saving from a terrible fate.

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

That is one of the 1957-58 models with a vertically oriented chassis U1 or U2. The CRT is a 90-degree 21CBP4 or similar, very easy to find.

This was one of GE's first models using the "new" printed circuit boards. I had a table model with just power tuning and it was fun to service into a great performer, far better than GE's "portable" models.

I have a 1956 "Ultra Vision" with controls (and chassis) above the picture tube the last GE using dip-soldering. Its 21AUP4 was dead but the ETF sold me a NOS Raytheon replacement at reasonable cost. It makes a raster even before a re-cap, GE used fewer but better parts , Philco on the other hand.....

This is absolutely worth getting for the sheer fun of it or at least saving from a terrible fate.

not found anything around here yet, but it is rather soon.

I did e-mail ETF with a heads up that a CRT will be needed at some time at a future date, no reply yet, but its only been 2 days.