View Full Version : Cheap Oriental Cabinet on Some Auction Site


leadlike
01-25-2009, 12:59 AM
Item number 220349375700

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Oriental-Motif-Kingsley-Console-Television-TV_W0QQitemZ220349375700QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage _Electronics_R2?hash=item220349375700&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Never heard of the Kingsley brand-but if you have a CRT and yoke in need of a home, this would be a fine one. This is real close to me so if anyone wants me to check it out, I'd be happy to.

Sam Cogley
01-25-2009, 09:25 AM
Cool cabinet.

batterymaker
01-25-2009, 10:00 AM
If the next from bottom knob is original, you could snag extra's from a late 1940's Zenith radio--they used those extensively.

Sam Cogley
01-25-2009, 11:31 AM
The purists will shoot me for saying this...but it would look good converted to some other purpose, too. If it was in my area, I'd be sorely tempted to buy it, gut the remaining electronics and turn it into a stereo rack.

kx250rider
01-25-2009, 12:00 PM
That's a classic example of a re-cabinet set. Looks like an RCA KCS-28 to me. (Re-cabineting was a process done in the early 50s whereby smalltime companies would buy 10" TVs from dealers where they were traded in, and they'd modify the chassis and put in a new cabinet with a larger tube, and sell retail for a little less than a "brand-new" larger TV).

Charles

leadlike
01-25-2009, 03:36 PM
Just curious-is that a ballast box on the chassis? Also, is this a 21'' set or is it smaller?