View Full Version : An odd little Bradford on eBay


Eric H
06-19-2011, 06:54 PM
This is a neat looking Bradford. http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1970s-Cherry-Red-Bradford-Television-TV-WoRkS-/200622018838?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb6011116

The screen seems to angle up like they were trying to give it a "Brionvega Algol" look.
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=170792&stc=1&d=1308623919

http://www.oggettistupendi.com/images/tecnologici/brionvega/brionvega_algol.jpg

I had a Bradford in the 70's, it was just an ugly 60's suitcase model though, it worked well.

tritwi
06-20-2011, 04:13 PM
This tv is not a Bradford it is a Brionvega Algol!

Eric H
06-20-2011, 09:36 PM
This tv is not a Bradford it is a Brionvega Algol!

I know, I just posted it to compare with the one on eBay.

I just added a picture of the eBay set to make it more clear what I was trying to say.

bgadow
06-21-2011, 09:50 PM
That's pretty snazzy for W.T.Grant! Probably the most modern looking Bradford product I've seen.

AUdubon5425
06-22-2011, 05:47 PM
I've only run across one Bradford TV, about two weeks ago. It was in a pile of garbage of a gutted house and partially crushed. It was a 23" color combo with thumbwheel controls in the lower part of the crt bezel. I'd guess it was from around 1970 and must have migrated here because I don't recall any Grant's stores in this area. I wasn't going to dig though a wet pile of moldy crap to investigate any further. :(

radiotvnut
06-22-2011, 10:20 PM
That Bradford combo was probably built by Wells-Gardner. It will have a tube type modular TV chassis.