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Old 08-04-2011, 12:54 AM
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Who made this strange console on Portland CL?

I don't want it, but I'm curious who made this odd looking console.

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/atq/2522226856.html

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Old 08-04-2011, 01:13 AM
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Seriously?! It's an RCA 721 console (TCS) from 1947. If it were me, I would grab it with whatever was at my disposal to use for grabbing.
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Old 08-04-2011, 01:14 AM
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This one kind of looks like a console version of a RCA 721.
And if it were i would want this one.
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Old 08-04-2011, 01:29 AM
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Ditto. It's an RCA 721TCS from '47. I think they're pretty cool looking and have been hunting for one for several years. This is only the 3rd I've come across. The other two were in the New England area and Lee did a fantastic job restoring one of them: http://antiqueradios.com/forums/view...p?f=3&t=168538
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Old 08-04-2011, 01:41 AM
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Light bulb goes off.

http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_721tcs.html

I remember Lee's saga now. Scraping all the photofinish off the front and replacing it with real veneer.

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Old 08-09-2011, 09:08 PM
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I must be insane. OK, just brush off the dust and then it's packed away until I finish that 661-P!

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Old 08-09-2011, 09:17 PM
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I must be insane
No, just a victim of peer pressure.
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Old 08-09-2011, 09:41 PM
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Very nice.... I'm reading the post's, on the edge of my chair thinking....come on Phil...buy it, please buy it!! This thread started with a sense of urgency and ended Happily ever after. Good deal!!
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:01 PM
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I saw the CL Post had expired so I was very relieved that you got it instead of the fish people.
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:22 PM
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That looks very nice. And a great dusting job! It takes great self control to stop with the dusting.

That's a sign of a very mature collector
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:41 PM
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Congratulations! That a nice clean set. I do not expect it needed much dusting!
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Old 08-10-2011, 07:04 AM
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Nice find!
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Old 04-06-2012, 08:26 AM
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After a long delay for cabinet refinishing, the strange looking console has been restored.

http://antiqueradio.org/RCA721TCSTelevision.htm

Very nice player. I'm glad I got this one.

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Old 04-06-2012, 08:38 AM
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Too bad you didn't want it, I'm sure you could have made it the crowning jewel of- oh, wait....
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