$5 Admiral

[marty59]

I'm curious to know more about it too, very nice find!

[Steve D.]

The 24A2 Chassis was used in both 1963-1964 model Admirals.

[mstaton]

I have a '67 Admiral roundie metal tabletop. Got it from the original owner. Still worked great after sitting for 30 years! I like the small cabinet. Takes up minimal real estate. Congrats!

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

The 24A2 Chassis was used in both 1963-1964 model Admirals.

That was the first Admiral designed chassis. High voltage cage on the left, facing the back.

[azbigsam]

Here are some additional pictures. I am really getting excited for this TV. My wife has been getting concerned about the increasing number of TV's around the house so I'm going to have to "thin the herd". With it's compact size I will be able to make room for this and hopefully get it functioning.

[Tony V]

RCA's and Zenith roundies still come up on occasion but Admirals rarely surface. You have a rare find there Sam and cant wait to see it up and going. Nice find!

[old_coot88]

Hard to tell for sure, but the convergence 'cloverleaf' housing looks like it might be busted.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by azbigsam

Here are some additional pictures. I am really getting excited for this TV. My wife has been getting concerned about the increasing number of TV's around the house so I'm going to have to "thin the herd". With it's compact size I will be able to make room for this and hopefully get it functioning.

I see it still uses the 6DQ5 horizontal output tube. They're still kind of reasonable.

[stromberg6]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

That was the first Admiral designed chassis. High voltage cage on the left, facing the back.

The first Admiral designed chassis was, I believe,apart from the earliest with 15GP22 CRT's, was used in the Ambassador models in 1956-57, and seemed to use circuitry from both CTC-4 and CTC-5 RCA chassis in a most interesting way.
High level de-mod, and some interesting color sync circuits of their own design.
Corrections and comments welcome!
Kevin

[KentTeffeteller]

Growing up, my grandmother had this chassis Admiral Roundie, it was a good reliable set until the CRT died. Ours was same cabinet with a UHF tuner as well.

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by stromberg6

The first Admiral designed chassis was, I believe,apart from the earliest with 15GP22 CRT's, was used in the Ambassador models in 1956-57, and seemed to use circuitry from both CTC-4 and CTC-5 RCA chassis in a most interesting way.
High level de-mod, and some interesting color sync circuits of their own design.
Corrections and comments welcome!
Kevin

Admiral offered 5 models in the '56-57 model year. The models ranged from $499.95 to $829.95 depending on cabinet style, finish, number of speakers and UHF option ect. The Ambassador was a mid priced console in the line up. All models used one of three chassis in the course of production: 28Y1 (early 1956 production), 27Z1 (mid production) & 29Z1 (1957 model production). All were similar w/the numbers reflecting running changes during the production run. The chassis, as you mentioned, used high level demonds which eliminated costly & complex matrix circuits and along w/ several dual function tubes provided lower production cost. This "simplified chassis" design somewhat mirrored RCA's "simplified" CTC-5 chassis but was designed by Admiral and not an RCA clone. Pictured: 1957 Admiral top of the line "Patrician" model.

-Steve D.

[paulg]

"24" was the first Admiral color chassis of their own design. For some interesting history on this 24A2 chassis go to Google Scholar and search on "Gillham v. Admiral". Let's hope the flyback was replaced with an improved type along the way...

[kramden66]

if you think admirals are rare how about a Westinghouse color roundie ? should never have passed one up about 12 or so years ago
mike

[Steve D.]

This 21" Admiral color console is pictured in the Oct. 1955 Popular Science magazine in an article titled "1956 COLOR TVs." It looks to be an Admiral design. I could not find a chassis # in the Sams Index. The earliest Sams folder listed is for the CA322 series for the 1957 model year. Anyone ever seen one of these 1955/56 Admirals or know of a chassis #? I suspect this was a short production run.

-Steve D.

[David Roper]

I recall John Folsom confirming that the pictured set never actually existed. It depicts a fantasy upgrade of a 15" Admiral to a 21" tube.