I have a 1954 Philco TV, radio, phono console with owners manual. Picture tube is not original and bad. I also have a 1960? Bradford TV, radio, phono cosole with a loud hum on the radio which I assume is a bad tin can capacitor. I will have to throw these out at the end of the month which is ashame since they've survived this long. My dad is the original owner of the Philco and I was only three at the time of purchase. Save these sets. Come get them. I live in Chicago.

Douglas,

That is kind of you to think of saving these. C'mon guys, there must be someone in the Chicago area that can give these vintage sets a new home!

Rob

It turns out the Philco is a 1951, not a 1954. I can get a NOS CRT for it for $50. Part of the TV circuit on the Bradford is solid state so I kept the audio section as a first tube set for my 16 yo nephew. I replaced the wooden bottom with clear plastic so the under chassis wiring can be seen to make it educational. The rest was thrown out but I can't scrap the Philco. It's a classic.