Someone from Canada sent me this picture of a really cool 57? General Electric.

I've never seen this model before so I'm guessing it's a Canada only set?

It looks like a hybrid of sorts: it is a lowboy similar to the one I once had, but apparently uses a lower-end chassis. I swiped a couple images from tvhistory.tv for reference:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/ISXX/geswipe.jpg


The set on the left has 20 tubes on its chassis, the one on the right only 15. The brochure (http://tvhistory.tv/1951-GE-Brochure.jpg) at tvhistory.tv doesn't show a model like it.

Cool looking set!

Funny thing about the style though... it looks upside down no matter how you look at it LOL

Someone from Canada sent me this picture of a really cool 57? General Electric.

I've never seen this model before so I'm guessing it's a Canada only set?
I have one similar to it , alot of these sets had kind of a cheap chassis seleniums , series wired , on a hot chassis with plastic insulators .
Real mass produced design , but they are really cool sets none the less .
Mine is the model or 2 below this one , it has a sheet metal cabinet with photoprint wood grain , and the chassis on the bottom .
I done a recap on it and still have no decent results , real bad horizontal oscillator problems , among other things rf , if , and the list goes on ....
It had been in a unheated garage for about 30 years so this has probably taken it's toll on things over time
It was working for a while , and it did have a really decent picture .

Eric , I think your right on the year , but it could also be a 1956 .:scratch2:

Anyone near Alberta want this set? It's free to a good home.

I wish I was closer ....