I don't want it, but I'm curious who made this odd looking console.

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/atq/2522226856.html

Phil Nelson

Seriously?! It's an RCA 721 console (TCS) from 1947. If it were me, I would grab it with whatever was at my disposal to use for grabbing.

This one kind of looks like a console version of a RCA 721. :scratch2:
And if it were i would want this one.

Ditto. It's an RCA 721TCS from '47. I think they're pretty cool looking and have been hunting for one for several years. This is only the 3rd I've come across. The other two were in the New England area and Lee did a fantastic job restoring one of them: http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=168538

Light bulb goes off.

http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_721tcs.html

I remember Lee's saga now. Scraping all the photofinish off the front and replacing it with real veneer.

Phil Nelson

I must be insane. OK, just brush off the dust and then it's packed away until I finish that 661-P!

Phil Nelson

P.S. The CRT tests very strong.

http://antiqueradio.org/art/RCA721TCSFirstLookCabinet.jpg

http://antiqueradio.org/art/RCA721TCSFirstLookChassisFront.jpg

http://antiqueradio.org/art/RCA721TCSFirstLookChassisBack.jpg

http://antiqueradio.org/art/RCA721TCSFirstLookChassisUnderside.jpg

I must be insane

No, just a victim of peer pressure. :)

Very nice.... I'm reading the post's, on the edge of my chair thinking....come on Phil...buy it, please buy it!! This thread started with a sense of urgency and ended Happily ever after. Good deal!!

I saw the CL Post had expired so I was very relieved that you got it instead of the fish people.

That looks very nice. And a great dusting job! It takes great self control to stop with the dusting.

That's a sign of a very mature collector :thmbsp:

Congratulations! That a nice clean set. I do not expect it needed much dusting!

Nice find!

After a long delay for cabinet refinishing, the strange looking console has been restored.

http://antiqueradio.org/RCA721TCSTelevision.htm

Very nice player. I'm glad I got this one.

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

http://antiqueradio.org/art/RCA721TCSScarlett.jpg

Too bad you didn't want it, I'm sure you could have made it the crowning jewel of- oh, wait....