Found some more sets

[captainmoody]

Here is a pic of the other side of that barn where I found the "newer" stuff. I saved the CTC 22 and a 19 in a mini console.

[captainmoody]

Here is another shot

[Eric H]

Those sets must be dead, their feet are pointing up

[captainmoody]

Something was dead in that room for sure, There was dried blood and fur on the front of a zenith roundie in the far back!
Here is the mini-console I got.

[captainmoody]

The pva is completely separated! So it shouldn't be too bad a project.
The chassis is not rusty for being in a barn for 22 years. This tv was one of the lucky ones as some are real bad.

[captainmoody]

This set came back real nice! I touched up the cabinet and fixed the pva. It took me all of maybe 5 minutes as even the tape had given way! When the crt was removed the lens remained in the cabinet.
I think other sets should come back nice, What about it guys, Can anyone come up and save some of these?

[jstout66]

Hey Captain Moody! I sure wish I could get some of those sets. Would love to have that 19" RCA. That's the tv I grew up with! Ours was in an Early American cabinet tho. Have always kept my eye out for one at the sales and have never even seen one. You sure have that one cleaned up nice! Good luck with the sets you get out of there. What a find!

[captainmoody]

Thanks! Jim is at the barn as I speak now getting pictures and sets so stay tuned as there will be more.

[classicradios]

Here's some barn photos I took this morning. I moved the TV's around and placed them in different rooms for easier viewing (With the owners permission) Most sets are rough and most are covered in hay, debris and animal droppings, etc.. Plenty of rectangular sets to be had, Some rows of tv's were 3 rows deep so I couldn't photo everything. Hope the photos are helpful, everything pictured is waiting to be taken away.
Jim

[classicradios]

Photos

[classicradios]

Still more photos

[Sandy G]

I remember a few years back "Automobile Quarterly" did an article of a barn somewhere in Europe where somebody had stored quite a bit of automotive exotica- Bugattis, Alfa-Romeos, even a Lincoln Continental- & then let 'em go to rack & ruin similar to this. Kinda sad & magnificent at the same time....At least some of these poor babies will be saved now, those cars were pretty hopeless. -Sandy G.

[bgadow]

A great, great forum, because how else could all of us get to see this? There can't be too many finds like this out there. I guess that many won't be saved, not due to condition but because, well, where would you guys put them? I'm really, really glad that someone who cares happened across the tv's, before the bulldozer (or the local fire company).

My best find, about 5 years ago, was a farmhouse full of sets, about to be razed. In that case they were mostly 60s b/w consoles-what do you do with them? Almost zero interest out there. At the time I couldn't have even dreamed of there ever being a forum like this; as it was I salvaged the sets I could and grabbed every knob & tube from the others, as I wished them a happy forever in TV Land!

[Chad Hauris]

That's an amazing TV find! These old things are tough...I have some that look as though they had been left outside for years, but still work fine with just a little bit of work. Even if some are really disintegrated, the crt's and tubes should still be OK.

[Big Dave]

How close is this location to Ohio? If it's close, I might be able to rescue some sets.