Hey to all;
I am picking up this beauty this weekend, free!:banana:
Its a Philco in near new condition. the man said he will look for the books, and give them to me as well. not sure of the model, but the year looks to be early 60s. his parents got the set new, and watched lawerence welk and bonanza, thats it. its real clean, and the cabinet looks great. it does have a slight cateract, but ime not gona worry about that. I cant wait to get her home!!:D:D:D

heres the pix

I see no pics.

Until he get's the picture situation straightened out here's an artists rendering of what the set looks like.
It's somewhat crude but should give you a rough idea. :D

Nice drawing , now we should have pix,

Very cool!
Is the chassis a Philco design or a clone?

After a recap...

After a recap...

:thmbsp: :D :lmao:

I have one in a different cabinet. It is a clone chassis, but I do not rememer which one. Mine is in storage now.

Bill R

cant wait to check her out, figured it was a clone. as for mod# ?? i will let ya know as soon as i get it home. also some more pix.

That looks like a 16M91 Chassis which should be close to a CTC 15.

Well here she is, it has an 21fjp22 crt that reads strong!!!:D chassis# 16mp91. mod# p5460ma 24 tube count, inc crt. and yes, she is extremly clean!! cant wait to try her out.any ideas on age?? or clone chassis???

Wow - looks like the "cathedral of high voltage"

Yeah, you'd THINK "Cathedral of High Voltage" if you stated messin' around w/that box w/the "X" on it, too...(grin)

:D:yes::D:yes::D:yes:ok, i gotta say it, do you mean i have a vintage 'x' box cooooolllll!:D:yes::D:yes::D:yes:

Looks lika a CTC-15 clone chassis, so it would be from about 1963-64.


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Well here she is, it has an 21fjp22 crt that reads strong!!!:D chassis# 16mp91. mod# p5460ma 24 tube count, inc crt. and yes, she is extremly clean!! cant wait to try her out.any ideas on age?? or clone chassis???

I agree with the others that it is pretty much a CTC-15 clone. But I have it listed as a 1966 model.

-Steve D.

After a recap...

Nice picture of your set but
Convergence is still WAY out

Well, with nothing to do but relax, I decided to check her out. Took the back off and rocked each tube, to make contact,And snap. the 6gu7 (gy blanker fell apart)replaced that. cleaned a little soot from hv cage, flyback looks new. checked the lytics, they were good. THE FLAME TEST!! brought the voltage up slowly over 2 hrs, and watched and waited, at about 60v ihear snow, 75 i hear channel 16 from south bend, :music: at 100, I HAVE PICTURE:banana: horizontal is off, and verticle is off, for about the first hour, the vert and horiz are reel tweeky. after 2 hrs vert is fine, and colors are fantastic, the horiz is still real flaky, I can pull over the air with no problem, but if I try vcr or dvd, the horizontal goes crazy, along with the chroma circuits. no doubt a good cleaning, and some new tubes and a couple caps, I will have a nice set.
i will post pix

and more

All of that circuitry sure has been shrunk down as the years went by.

Nice! The CRT looks really strong.

The Only Signal Is Provided By A Piece Of Coax, 3 Ft Long, Just Imagine If It Were Hooked To Cable, The Crt Is Very Strong, It Took For Ever To Get A Sharp Pix, This Set Was Sitting About 38 Years, The Picture Keeps Getting Better And Better. Its Been So Long Since I Have Watched A Real Color Tv, I Forgot Just How Real The Colors Look. Still Some Work To Go, But Its Worth It.

This is the fun part-going from nothing to a picture-a color picture-finally, a GOOD color picture! The great thing about these is that they are a tinkerer's delight. You can always find a knob to turn or screw to adjust that will make it just a LITTLE bit better.

what type of brand of kinescope are installed?

Printed circuites board. Bleah :puke: I hate printed circuites at apparates with elctronic tubes!

Judging by cabinet design, are you sure the previous owners didn't mean the set was "used ON the show Bonanza", not just to watch it?

Looks like it would have been at home on the Ponderosa.

Just bought this Philco for $25 and now I know what I have. Picking it up next week. Looks cataract free and swivels to boot for easier servicing. That helps as it does not work.

Edison...does yours use the standard RCA tube lineup for a CTC15 or is it more Philco oriented? Meaning less common tubes.

(enlarged photo has digital junk that looks like cataracts)

Stay tuned.

Dave A