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Old 01-26-2019, 01:32 PM
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Searching for a philco full dress console

SEARCHING FOR A PHILCO FULL DRESS CONSOLE!!!

In any condition folks!!

come to find out my very elderly grandmother (87) had one of those back in the day and her seeing a full dress ad I recently purchased, has her asking every time I visit the home if I’ve found “the most valuable piece of my collection”!? she’s very in and out with early onset Alzheimer’s but I wanna be able to tell her I found this & show her!!

IN A PERFECT WORLD SHED LIVE TO SEE IT RESTORED!

MY ONLY PLAN IS TO RESTORE AND LOVE IT!

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(I have several philco sets id be willing to trade if that makes its more interesting for anyone)



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Old 01-26-2019, 04:46 PM
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Never heard that name applied to any philco.

Might help to post a picture and or model number.
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Old 01-26-2019, 06:29 PM
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Never heard that name applied to any philco.

Might help to post a picture and or model number.
This ad, just posted on the Predicta thread shows the “full dress” model, which looks good from either side.



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Old 01-26-2019, 07:34 PM
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Old 01-26-2019, 08:36 PM
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Never heard that name applied to any philco.

Might help to post a picture and or model number.
One of my neighbors had one and it was badged "Predicta".
It had the better chassis with the transformer and 5U4, but the same lousy CRT.
It was a sharp looking set. I don't remember if it had the channel selector knob that popped up to turn the set. It was neat but another trouble source.
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Old 01-28-2019, 07:51 PM
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One of my neighbors had one and it was badged "Predicta".

It had the better chassis with the transformer and 5U4, but the same lousy CRT.

It was a sharp looking set. I don't remember if it had the channel selector knob that popped up to turn the set. It was neat but another trouble source.


Yeah you guys are all right on the money! This is one in real life that turned up on google!


I have the black and white ad mentioned above! Looking for one in any condition in the worst way!


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Old 03-31-2019, 10:55 AM
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Philcobah -- check with Steve McVoy at the Early TV Museum. He may have a beat-up one in the stash of old sets. I saw one there a couple of years ago...
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Yep, the blonde one in the back. Last I knew it was still there.
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Old 04-01-2019, 05:59 PM
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If the one at the ETF is for sale and you don't buy it before the lunch break I might try and buy it. The styling is growing on me.
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Old 09-05-2019, 09:15 AM
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Well I got exceptionally lucky and definitely snagged that blonde In the back, although I’m not entirely convinced it’s not a light pale mahogany color as the regular blonde looks much more yellow with even the crt cover and this one was a different color altogether. Regardless thank you so much to everyone for the help; I had been working on that seller for 6 months prior to etf was just afraid he didn’t want to let it go. Fast forward to today and in addition to the rough etf set I scored an immaculate mahogany one in Maine!!! Thank the lord!! updates on the restoration soon in another thread! IMG_6158.jpgIMG_6157.jpgIMG_0643.jpgIMG_0644.jpg

The mahogany full dress and then the ash white/blonde one! You can see the quality difference..


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They're both gorgeous! Congratulations. That's one of my bucket list TVs.

We look forward to lots of details about the impending restorations!
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Old 09-06-2019, 08:46 AM
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They're both gorgeous! Congratulations. That's one of my bucket list TVs.

We look forward to lots of details about the impending restorations!


It was my unicorn set! I can now die a semi happy collector!


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