Is this worth it?

[210craig]

A little back story. My father was in the military right after the Korean War. He was injured and medically retired in 1959. He went to TV repair school in Lexington Ky. After graduation we moved to Daytona Beach FL. There my dad was a TV repairman for 25 years (till sometime in the 80s). We lost him in 2010 (85).

As a child (10-12) after school I would walk to his shop (the building still exist, see pic) and I would sit in the showroom and watch cartoons. Some days I would go out on service calls with him. He would carry this big tube caddy and I would carry some test equipment. He really liked me to go when he was going on a service call for an elderly lady (lots of them in FL). He would use me to distract the lady so he could work. Many of these elderly ladies did not get a lot of visitors so they loved to talk.

I would only go if he would take me to Krystal Hamburger afterwards and buy me a chocolate covered donut. To this day (50 years later) I can’t pass one up.

I recently acquired this set (see pic). It is identical to the one we had setting in our living room. My dad used to play Johnny Cash records on the turn table.

It has been setting in the same living room since new. The lady who gave it to me was clearing her father’s estate and she was not sure when he bought it.

I do not have any TV repair experience other than above, but I am electronics savvy, can follow a schematic and I have watched a bunch of YouTube videos. I have no test equipment other than a multi-meter.

It does not come on. Is it possible for me to repair? I know if I still had my dad we could get it done. So hopefully I can “adopt” one of you to stand in for him.

If I get positive responses I will post the brand/model number/chassis number when I find them.

Thanks

Duane Craig