HI all !
Can anyone help me find a 1951 Motorola 17T13 TV set ?? I do not need a working model but prefer it. also it must be complete. Here's a pic of one.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-6/1030153/TheTV.jpg

Please help me if you can....I realize that I might not ever find one but I will try !!! 8)


Thanks !!

Chucklbunny


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Speaking of motorolas. anyone have a pic of a 17p6 tv? Trying to find one like i had as a kid. Not sure if thats the model# or not it had a silver face-plastic screen cover- black sides- black plastic rear pannel - tuner and two other controll knobs on top side. Think it was a 16 inch screen.

I had one when i was in 6th grade, replaced a resistor and a 12gc6 h.out tube. and got it running, it was great till the flyback shorted and the H out tube would start glowing red.. had to part with it. A tv guy took it off my hands, fixed and sold it. Havent seen one since...

This was one of two motorolas i owned back then. The other was a metal case. siver screen front, plastic screen cover, brown color with gold knobs on the side, ive seen a few close ones on e bay but never an exact copy of mine.

Ide love to see any photos of the described above tvs...

Steve

Here's the console version on ebay, a bit overpriced though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-MOTOROLA-TELEVISION-1950-MUST-SEE_W0QQitemZ190149365027QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item1 90149365027

Heres a faint picture of mine working unrestored. Sorry for the picture quality. It looks better if you click and enlarge.

These must have been decent quality sets as I have brought two home, plugged them in and they worked, at least for a while. The wooden 17T8 version payed for only an hour or so and lost signal completely.:scratch2: Surely full of leaky caps.:no:

The bakelite 17T13 version has always remained viewable. The sync is a bit sketschy after a while so its probably ready for a recap. The CRT produces one hell of a crisp, bright picture so I feel like the crt, or perhaps the whole set is low mileage.:thmbsp:

Heres a faint picture of mine working unrestored. Sorry for the picture quality. It looks better if you click and enlarge.

These must have been decent quality sets as I have brought two home, plugged them in and they worked, at least for a while. The wooden 17T8 version payed for only an hour or so and lost signal completely.:scratch2: Surely full of leaky caps.:no:

The bakelite 17T13 version has always remained viewable. The sync is a bit sketschy after a while so its probably ready for a recap. The CRT produces one hell of a crisp, bright picture so I feel like the crt, or perhaps the whole set is low mileage.:thmbsp:

Tubejunke....
I assume you got my pm and my offer.....let me know whats going on.......thanks!


charles

my slightly earlier model:

MODS......


Please close this thread....I have found the set so this thread is now obsolete.




Charles