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Rescued a Admiral B&W set today
Hey all, my local antique store had a 50/60's admiral b&w set chassis c24m21, the tag on the front said "will make a great craft project. Dog bed? Bar? etc. well today is %50 off sale and i'm looking at the set thinking what is probably going to happen to it. So i ask the guy if i can plug it in, he does and i can see some light and static on the speaker. long story short $24 and i get it home and a few little adjustments........... anybody crave one of these? had one as a kid etc. I didn't want it turned into a useless fad object.
OOps i think should have gone in the rectangular tube tv section. |
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Good save!
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I am glad you saved it!!!
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I think you did the best craft project of all: "TV restoration". (-:
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If you can make the ETF meet there are folks that like working TVs.
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That is a screaming mid-'60's console TV. Very nice. It looks like a TV right off the set of Bewitched!
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Bewitched had a rectangular color but if you have seen the show the tag which shows the make is never on it. And that show was running when there were lots of roundys, but chose the rectangular sets.
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I googled the chassis number and Radiomuseum com/org whatever says it is from 1960. there is one bad thing with this set, it has a tube brightner on it and is extremely dim without it hooked up. i don't suppose anyone has a bright 23gp4 lying around? I did find a old advertisement on newspapers.com from Mar 61 where this model was on sale for $229 in Texas, must have been a close out sale. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61749968/ |
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Thank you, but i haven't replaced a single part on it. I knew it was probably going to be gutted, that is why i risked a full powerup to make a snap judgement. I would never do this to a color roundie or a historically significant TV set. I'm amazed it didn't release magic smoke. I just think it has the will to live! well that and the fact it was made in Murica!
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"A few little adjustments" count as restoration work to me. You saved it from the destroyers, that is the important job.
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The CRT can be rejuvenated probably just once. I might wake up a little more. |
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www.warci.org Some of the TVs at the WARCI TV meet, July 20, 2014. |
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WOW!!! I wish I WAS there!!! So many cool televisions!!!
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I've seen plenty of radio meets from various clubs were a radio vendor has a vintage TV or two in the mix. I don't think I've ever seen a radio meet where a mix of actual radios and non-radio (but tangentially related items like TV HiFi, literature etc) items was not welcome. Most clubs allow/get a nice (sometimes astounding) diversity of ephemera in their swapmeets. It is not uncommon for me to drag TVs to meets...Even did that at the last WARCI meet.
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Beautiful pictures of beautiful TV's.
Thanks.
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