40' Single wide Curtis Mathes
 

Missing the axle and tires but otherwise looks good.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Curtis-M...item35b05e2354

Curtis Mathes Single wide
 

Boy, you were not kidding!!! That 23 or 25 inch screen is dwarfed by that aircraft carrier or did they just put a CRT on the old CM manufacturing plant? :yes:

That is the widest console I've ever seen. Now all you need in one of those CM radios on the tall skinny legs.

Is it just me or does it look like the cabinet is sagging in the middle???

I would be! (sagging, that is)

Reminds me of a long-ago fishing trip, had my trusty Arvin radio on the boat with me and they played Charley Pride, "I'm gonna love her on the radio". My Dad's fishing buddy, Bill Jones, thought that was really funny, and had his own verses, which I can't repeat here. He was imagining a set like this...

I don't think it is sagging in the middle, although by rights, it should be...wow that thing is big.

It looks like the tv portion pops forward just a bit more than the rest of the set. Kind of like the old RCA roundies that were built up in the center.

I wonder what kind of speakers that thing has! You could probably fit 4x 12" woofers in there!

Gee, "local pickup only"? That thing won't fit in a pick up!

Wow!! That thing is missing the caboose

moved one of those beasts once.the key word here is once!never saw another one and dont want to see one.during my young years,i ,as a rather short man,had something to prove.i carried this monster while my large neighbor was on the other side.he kept saying how light it was.then we had to put it down twice while he caught his breath.i have powerlifted for years but i never want to carry another combo again.at my advanced age,i will let the younger guys lift these.i will watch and critique!

I have a B&W C-M combo from the early 60's it's dense particle board with real veneer over it and it's so heavy that it about killed me the last time I had to lift it, that was 8 years ago, it'll probably stay with the house if I move.

this is the television reciever to be found in fanciful palace ruling class!!!!:banana::banana::drool::drool:

the riches of opulence abound in America:D:smoke:

i would show my manliness to such a television reciever to my most desirable wife!!!! :music::banana::bigok:

Make it a double-wide
 

Strap this Dumont on and double your fun. Kitchen sink used to be in the cutout above the tuner. Cinder blocks extra.

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/fuo/2248642896.html

another off by a factor of 10 at least. Oh well...

That CM lacks taste in good styling on top of it. For such a monster of a set, one would think there would be a little more impressive looking control panel under the hood.

omg, I am there! its really sad when your laying in bed reading this on your phone and laugh so hard you drool all over yourself:banana:

Can you imagine being the poor sucker delivering these for Colortyme?

And yes, there's no aphrodisiac like rent-to-own furniture!

This looks like a solid state CM stereo reciever in there along with a tube type TV. CM quality seemed to get worse and worse as the 60's and 70s went on. I'm working on a '60 CM radio/phono console which seems to be very high quality in the electronics and a Collaro record changer but even it has nice wood veneer over particleboard. There is even veneer on the bottom to help disguise the particleboard.

By the solid state era, CM quality really went down. Most of their SS TV sets were rebadged NEC and they were not all that great, especially considering what they cost.

As a kid growing up in the 80's and 90's my grandfather always told me that "if you want a quality set and can afford it, get a Curtis Mathes". That is if you have the house for it.. lol

I was also told such nonsense as a child... I am wondering if there was EVER a time when CM made good stuff? I saw a mid 60s stereo recently at an estate and it struck me as rather primitive.

Milwaukee was one of the marketing areas for Deforest-Sanabria. You haven't seen miserable junk until you saw one of them. It only proves you can sell anything, with heavy enough advertising.

I came "this close" to going after a Deforest Sanabria in Florida a couple of years ago. Still wouldn't turn one down if it popped up locally, just for curiosity's sake.

They sold so many of those DOGS, that Sams made a Photofact for them. If you have access to Sams, look up model DKW.