50 Set Pictures.
 

Here's a few to start, I'll post more in a while.


http://www.vintagetvsets.com/temp/50tvs/

Looks like some good scores in there!

Me likey the widdle red one !! (1156)

A bonus of CRTs!

Forgive me for asking, but if you find a 12VP4 I'll be very interested.

John

Incredible,, looking forward to more pics. You must be worn out.

we got lots of portables. I few new old stock tvs. even a few roundies. the place is amazing. I couldent have imagined it. the pb mostly 4 tube. I got a fey enith 25cc50 and metal table tops. no eat no sleep just 10 hours of tving. yall need to go get the rest

I just got back home, more coming momentarily.

Uploaded a total of 44 pictures, I figure it's easier to link to the folder than to link all the pictures here.
Feel free to link anything you find interesting to this thread though.

http://www.vintagetvsets.com/temp/50tvs/

These are seriously cool however!
http://www.vintagetvsets.com/temp/50...10-10_1437.jpg

I really wish I could have gone on this trip.
I haven't seen a store like that since the early 80's.

These photos are incredible, what a gold mine you have found! I would do about anything to have the set on the shelf here with the green halo. If anyone is passing by chicago, I'll give you a good buck for it to make it worth your while!

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ta1B_ryr8bE/S8...10-10_1018.jpg

This is truly a fantastic find, there can't be many more like this left out there.

I've been wondering where all the vintage color portables went to, now I know.

Amazing! Stunning!
The Mother Load of the year so far!
Any NOS black and white consoles that need a new home - they are welcome with me?

Congratulations!

Heres a video of a few of the rooms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBOcijMyvSY

Heres a video of another room, this room the ceiling collapsed and most of the sets are covered.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YasDg5By-EQ

There are even more rooms with more sets, radios, tubes, parts on and on

...ctc17

It would make a nice belated B-day gift too!

Cheers,

Wowww ... You dudes are seriously lucky. I'd be in heaven in there.

Next stop: find a warehouse full of DTV converters! Yikes!

I see some familiar sets too. In one shot, the portacolor looks exactly like mine. And there is a ctc-121J colortrak which I had at one point as well as a late 80's 19" XL-100 (the type with a knob for volume but an LED read-out tuner) which looks just like one I fixed for someone a few years back.

Must be killer to find NOS tv's like this! Very sweet stuff indeed.

great find, looks like it may be worth the trip. :thmbsp:

I'd like to have one of the roundies. Anyone seriously coming to Florida?
I'd also love to have that blonde Zenith AM-FM table radio someone's holding.
Have they got any 21", or, 19" BW picture tubes for tube portables?
Bill Cahill

It looks like you guys had a blast! I wish I could have been there. Some great finds in there, that's for sure.

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simply amazing!

wish i coulda been there....

I haven't had this much fun in years. this is the haghlight of 2010 for me. tomorrow begins a loooooong ride home.

You guys go slow and get back in one piece!I know how excited you must be-I would
be like a kid in a candy store...

What you guys have uncovered is like a dream come true! I'd love to stumble across something like this! What a find and some real neat looking sets at that! :yes:

G.

"It's like ya died, 'n' went t'Heaven...." (grin)

This is fascinating.
What is the story on this?
I think hearing about the find, tales about traveling to, what it was like loading up, etc would make interesting reading.

Carl

Great haul!!!!!!!! I see several smaller Japanese tube type portable color sets. I think those are getting rare these days. I'm hoping to get hold of one of the 7" Panasonic color sets, or maybe a 12" when one shows up.

Charles

The long road home
 

One more picture!

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Amen !! All the old TVs in the world ain't worth yer neck...(grin)

I have often daydreamed about a find like that...no, their can't be many more situations left like this. I sure wish it were closer, it would have been great just to see it in person. Many thanks for sharing the experience with us all!

Well, I had a lot of fun; but, am worn out and about to find the bed.

I'll post pictures tomorrow; but, I came home with a "last gasp" Sylvania B&W console, a hybrid PB color console, A Zenith 25" flat chassis SS console, A Philco Roundie console on a swivel base, a Sylvania roundie in a black metal cabinet, a '70 21" RCA color console on legs with the hang tag that was likely never sold, a 13" steel cabinet PB color set, a Truetone tube console stereo, a small 9" Sylvania AC/DC B&W, and I bought that blonde Zenith from the shop owner.

We pulled out of SC around 9 AM this morning. Dan (CTC17) headed for LA and Ryan (Audubon) and myself headed for MS. Since we were pulling a trailer, we had to take alternate routes at slower speeds. I think it was around 11:30 PM when we got to my house in MS. We unloaded my stuff off of the trailer and visited with Ryan and his wife for a while before they headed back to New Orleans.

More tomorrow....

Just got home - 22 hours on the road (with a 3 hour stop in Meridian.)

I took/bought
a six foot long Packard Bell console stereo,
a c.1967 Packard Bell color console,
a late-70's Sylvania B&W console,
an early 60's Truetone B&W console,
an early-70's 15" RCA color portable,
an early-70's GE Porta-Color II solid state
an early 60's Philco 19" B&W,
a late-70's Zenith 19" B&W similar to the one I've been looking for,
two Sylvania portable turntables with magnetic carts,
a GE Wildcat,
two cheapie rabbit ears in the boxes,
two last-gasp V-M turntables,
a Glaser-Steers GS-77 :),
probably something else I'm forgetting
and a glider rocker my wife liked.

And yes, I plan to go back one day. There was a '74 Teledyne (sans the Packard Bell label) console I had no room for, and a weirdo tabletop Motorola Quasar with the cabinet antennas and UHF deleted from the factory.

I'll post some pictures this evening and try to start writing a story about this insanity!

Glad you guys got home safe! Looks like one hell of a score! Congrats on a job well done:D

There was an oddball 19" Sharp remote color tube set from the early '70's that I almost grabbed; but, ran out of room on the trailer. There are still several Zenith CCII consoles left as well as at least one Zenith flat chassis solid state set. I brought home one Zenith (25EC58 ?) flat chassis console and there was another 25DC57 flat chassis console that I twisted Dan's arm into taking. There was also a '76 Sylvania TV/stereo combo that I pulled out to take; but, ran out of room on the trailer. And, what all three of us brought home was only a small dent as to what's in that place.

There were also several late-70's & early 80's NOS Sylvania GT-Matic and Supersets, a large GE Performance Series Console, several hybrid Packard Bell consoles & tabletops, heck, it's hard to remember - there was so much it becomes a blur...

Lots of nice late GTE/early NAP Sylvanias though.

Would have been all over these. I was just going to ask if any of the 80's sets got saved. Since no one seems to save them, I bet they'll be very rare someday.

late 70s sylvania?love to have an e 45 or 48 set.if anyone has one,please let me know!

That Sylvania B&W console that I brought back was made in March, 78. It has snow and audio with a bright CRT. It's actually a nice B&W for such a late model.

There were many of those E45/E48 Sylvania's from the late '70's and some had the black faced CRT. Would have brought one or two back had I had the space. There was also a "D" series hybrid Sylvania console with the slide controls. I can't remember if that one stayed or went back to LA with Dan. There was also another Sylvania console with doors that looked to be from the late '60's or early '70's.

OK, here's what I brought home with some minor details. I will devote seperate threadss to these items as I have time to work on them.

Zenith C835E AM/FM radio.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0015.jpg

Packard-Bell portable B&W
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0013.jpg

The one on the left is a steel cabinet PB portable color set. Made in Japan - June, '73.
The right one is a PB B&W portable from '72. Actually a rebadged GE. The two small sets on the top are Sony micro TV's that Dan brought from LA to give me.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0012.jpg

'78 Sylvania B&W 23" console with lighted dials. There were two of these sets and Ryan took one home with him and I took this one.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0010.jpg

Hybrid PB color console. Tested and is dead.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0009.jpg

Philco roundie swivel base console. CRT test good but there is a note on the back that says "bad yoke"
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0008.jpg

Inside of the Philco
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0014.jpg

Sylvania steel cabinet roundie. Has audio and raster. CRT is strong.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0007.jpg

'70 RCA 21" console. CTC38. Has audio and snow. This set has a hang tag like it would be a new TV; but, I can tell that it's had some use by looking at the chassis and it has some non-RCA tubes. Possibly, this was a display set that was on all day and needed repairs along the way.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0006.jpg

'74 Zenith 25EC58 flat chassis SS console. Has audio, HV, and no raster.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0004.jpg

Chassis in the Zenith.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0005.jpg

Sylvania tube color console.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0003.jpg

Inside of the Sylvania. As you can see, the convergence components are laying loose in the cabinet.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0011.jpg

Early '70's 9" Sylvania AC/DC portable. Appears to work.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0002.jpg

Early '60's Truetone tube stereo. Uses a single ended EL84 based amp. Built by Wells-Gardner with an Admiral built record changer.
http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...0412TV0001.jpg

Made out like a bandit! Some very nice sets there.