CTC12 in So Cal

[Eric H]

Another thing I don't have room for.


Looks nice, extra chassis too:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1960s-RCA-Victor...item1e592b2932

[kx250rider]

I like all that paperwork! In fact, I've never seen the screen banner before. That set insn't exactly in my wish list, but it's nice!

Charles

[Charlie]

With all those extras, I'd say that's a bargain! Mark 8? That's different. I wonder if they left the safety glass off when the tube was replaced, or for some reason used a clear safety glass. Seems like that one should have more of a green or dark tint to it.

[Kalamazoo-DJ]

I wish I was closer to CA, I think they would charge extra seating for it on an airplane so I hope someone out there gets it and takes it home.

[AUdubon5425]

Originally Posted by Charlie

Mark 8? That's different.

I have an RCA stereo from '63 which is branded a "Mark VIII." I'm not sure of the meaning or ranking among other RCA products back then, but my stereo was one of the more expensive ones.

Also, this set is very similar to my '61 CTC-11 remote set.

[ctc17]

Its a thought... Im not a real fan of roundies though. They are a tad before my time but the extra chassis are making me think about it. Also I think 7 consoles is enough.

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by ctc17

Its a thought... Im not a real fan of roundies though. They are a tad before my time

Are you saying I'm old ? Seriously, I think that's why I like them. They're what everybody had in the livingroom when I was a kid, and we didn't have a color set until I got interested in TVs, and got a used Packard-Bell roundie around 1979.

Charles

[bgadow]

One of us will have to do some research on the Mark series one of these days. Somewhere I have a 2-page magazine spread for RCA from Christmastime. It shows everything from a transistor radio up to color roundie, which is probably a -12. I think it was called a Mark 8. I have a store display for RCA color TV promoting the Mark 10. I also have an RCA 8-track player that is labeled Mark 8.

One thought is that it had to do with how many years RCA had been selling color sets, starting with '54. They might have reverted back to "8" just for the tape players.

[Tony V]

Heres part of a flyer for three Mark 8 CTC12 chassis combo's. I have the one in the upper left corner.
-Tony

[Tony V]

Bryan,
Is this the flyer you were talking about?
-Tony

[bgadow]

Great ads, Tony! Mine is very similiar to that one but covers less models. I'll have to dig it out and trying scanning it. Would be neat to have it posted for Christmas, anyhow. Not in too good a shape since it has been bouncing around with me for years. I think mine has Santa in it.

[rick65]

The set for sale is:
The Bruland 213-G-27-M
A masterpiece of sculptured Danish symmetry featuring 2-speaker "Golden Throat" sound,
New Vista Color Chassis and glare-proof RCA High Fidelity Color Tube. In smooth rich Danish Walnut veneers and selected hardwoods. H-31"; W-39 7/8"; D-26 7/8".
With "Wireless Wizard: Remote Control The Bergen 213-G-27-R

BTW: I own one of the sets in Tony V catalogue. It's "The Abbeville" and I've owned it since July 1967, 42 years.

[kx250rider]

Wait a minute; MARK 8? If they're counting the CTC-2 (CT-100) and CTC-2B (21CT55) as the same chassis, the CTC-12 is the 8th production chassis!!!!

CTC-2 (2B)
CTC-4
CTC-5
CTC-7
CTC-9
CTC-10
CTC-11
CTC-12

Charles

***By the way; there IS a CTC-3. Hats of to the first person who can post what it is, and why it's a trick and isn't counted in the list! ("seasoned" color TV history guys please hold back)

[Robert Grant]

I don't know if its still there, but somebody had posted a film of an RCA commercial for the Mark 8 color TV on YT some time back.

The style of that ad was anything but that of the flashy animated New Vista "Wow!" ad.

[bgadow]

To keep things off topic, just why did RCA skip some numbers? Were they planned but scrapped? I have read (on here) the story about the CTC-3 but I can't recall now-could it be a sub-chassis for the CTC-2?