Picking up a CTC-11 tomorrow!
 

The owner just called and the deal is made. Finally, I found a CTC-11 locally and not expensive. The cabinet is photo finish but it is MINT, non-smoker and the labels are all pure white and present. The only thing that worries me is my truck has expired plates because it was broke down for a while, it's fixed but the plates are not. Keep your fingers crossed that I find a vehicle to borrow for a few hours. I'm also getting an apartment to put it in tomorrow too, it looks like things are finally starting to get better for me. On another note, a CTC-24 is being delivered to me tomorrow. My back hurts already but at least I'm smiling:D

Hope it ain't a ZILLION effin' degrees where you are to have to hoss them big ol' Roundies around in...103 or 4 here in NE Tin-Uhh-See today..

Not 100+ but's supposed to be 91, I'm just happy to have finally found a nice 11 to play with. They say it MIGHT rain but the've been saying that, any drier around here and were gonna have fires like the west. EVERYTHING is turning brown and crunchy....

I'm happy for you that you found an apartment and the CTC11/CTC24, but I think you'll probably be plenty busy for weeks, months or even longer (!) just getting settled in your apartment once you get there, with little time to think about TV repairs. I remember when I moved to my small apartment 12 years ago, it took me all of a year to get settled -- mainly because I had brought a huge pile of stuff with me from where I formerly lived; most of that (almost all of which was odds and ends for which I had no room in my then-new apartment) got put out for the trash. (I'm still throwing out junk, mostly outdated paperwork, from years ago to this day.) Thank goodness my new furniture had arrived (I bought all new furniture when I came here) and was in place in my apartment when I finally moved in.

BTW, I hope you get both TVs working when you find the time to get to them. The CTC11 dates to the '60s, IIRC, while the CTC24, again IIRC, is probably from the early '70s, with UHF. Unless your area has one or more LPTV or translator stations on UHF channels, that tuner will be just about useless, of course, with the VHF tuner being set on channel 3 or 4 to receive the output from either a cable box or an ATSC->NTSC OTA converter box.

Good luck.

Thanks Jeff, I'm very excited things are getting better, I've been kinda depressed lately. Two phone calls in one day sure made me happy. The 11 is a '61 or 2 and the 24 is a '67. The seventies started with CTC 40 I think, somewhere in there anyways.

Congratulations on your new apartment and your new TV sets. When you get the time, we'd like to see photos of the sets :thmbsp:

Congrats Mark! That's awesome man. Glad things are looking up for you.
Can't wait to see that CTC-11!

Well, shit. My paycheck didn't come today and the lady said she'll hold it for me, which is very nice of her. I told her I'll throw in a few more dollars to hold it as well. I don't want her to think I'm blowing her off. I also have to wait a day or so to move into the apartment. Sooo I guess it's a few more days of the crap I've been living in. I've spent all my savings for an apartment on motels waiting for picky bungholes to call me back on apartments and do credit checks which also cost money. Hopefully everything works out by tuesday. It really sucks because I make GOOD money (20+ hr) and I still can't seem to get ahead.....

The grass and under brush is like that out in Pewaukee/Delafield as well. Infact some of the trees are starting to turn yellow. It is getting so dry I worry that come Independance Day the state is going to stay lit red after all the other colors go dim.....

I've been wondering that myself. I am sure the pro's take precautions against fires, but I bet the "billies in the fields" around here won't. They'll be shooting roman candles into the crispy-dried wilderness...

Have you checked into renting a pickup from Lowes or whatever home improvement store you have in your neighborhood? I haven't had to do it myself but they rent by the hour, might be a good option.

show some pictures of the tv [ in detail ] when you get settled.

Hey Mark,

As I write this, 12:50 pm CDT. The Weather Channel is predicting a huge storm heading for Chicago in the next hour. 100 mph winds, hail and certainly much heavy rain. Be careful if you travel to pickup your CTC-11. Or anything you do outside today.

All the best as things improve for you.
-Steve D.

First I heard of it. Apparently it was well south of us, it's been nice all day where me and Mark are at.

Something finally went right!
 

I still don't have my check yet, hopefully it comes in the mail tomorrow. But, my mom was nice enough to lend me a few bucks to get a truck and the set. The resale shop in Racine was closed today but she said it would be ok to come get it, I called her and got no answer but already had the truck, I only had her home number. I thought she might be at the store moving things around like she said she might do Sooo we went up there and no one was there. :sigh: But luck struck big time because we just so happened to get there and be standing in front of the shop when some drunk guy started yelling that the store was closed. I thought oh sh*t what's with this guy. He came over and said he and his sister in law own the store, he asked "are you the guy that wanted the tv" I said YES, and was then thinking "thank God for the drunk guy" (I think his name is Larry) Anyways, he got on the phone and got ahold of his sister in law, then we find out the set is not at the store but at her house in the garage. So, he was then riding in the back of the truck slurring out the directions though a really rough neighborhood, it was pretty funny actually. He had us going in a few circles and we actually passed the house we were supposed to stop at LOL! he then told us "nah this is too far turn around" After an un-scheduled tour of the area, we made it there. It was sitting in the driveway and I thought YAY! this is really gonna work out after all. In the end, I paid for it loaded it, then realized in the haste of all the days activities I forgot to bring a tie-down and blanket. I then rode in the back of the truck with it so it wouldn't move. After all that craziness I wasn't about to have it tip and neck the tube or eff up the cabinet. For now, it is safely sitting in my storage locker. I will take good pictures of it ASAP. I have a few on my phone, if they look ok on the computer I'll post them. About the set, it looks almost new with only a few minor nicks that can easily be fixed, the photo finish is perfect however. All knobs are present, from a non-smoking home. It appears to be quite low hours and probably came from the original home. The cardboard tube cap looks to never have been bumped into anything. It even has the white label on the back of the chassis for the controls that is almost always missing or damaged. All three clips are present as are all the back screws that look to not have been removed more than twice. So, all in all, all the BS was totally worth it. This is the cleanest roundie I've picked up since my Director 21 and Wingate and looks just as new as they do. Thanks all you guys for hoping things get better for me, if my check comes tomorrow I'll also have a permanent address of my OWN! YAY!:banana:

Lots of resale shops in Racine like that one on High St, (building closed and for sale for years ! junk still in window !)

Yeah, lots of things are closed up around there. This one was on Douglas ave. The only reason I knew about the set was that is was listed on CL, I found the ad 3 hours after it was posted judging by the time stamp on the photos. The pictures on it are pretty good, here's the link http://racine.craigslist.org/atd/3108856179.html

Damn, that one looks about as mint as they get! Congrats on the nice save!

You gonna stop by anytime this week? Got lots of proto tube tinkering that might required assistance, such as watching TV on it while drinking a cold one...lol

What a beauty! has "50's" styling

I like it!

That's a beaut! Nice save Mark!

wow thats like a time capsule, wheres that been hiding.

Very nice, i had one as a second set in Allentown.but left behind when i moved to Texas in'83

good luck, nothing is so important to us as keeping our goodies safe!

I hope someday you get a place in the country where they can bury your hide nearby.

Most excellent 11 you've saved there. :thmbsp:

Now's hopping you get in that apartment too.

Dam that looks nice! Congrats on a good score! :yes: :banana:

Cool set! Good luck with the new digs.

Nice to see it go to a good home, I still have my first 11 from '83 and a spare chassis from one just like yours. May the jug have good emission!!!

Thanks guys, I really look forward to getting started on it. I should be working on some other sets first but they're buried in storage right now. BTW, I did get that apartment. We spent the first night there last night. It was good.....I'll be moving the set over shortly, along with all kinds of other stuff.

WINGATE! WINGATE! WINGATE FIRST!!! lol

I'd love to but I don't even know where I'd put it in this apartment. The bedroom doors are kinda narrow, what's the depth on the Wingate cabinet? If it'll fit in there I'll dig it out. Then I can work on the 5 and the 11:D Also if the 5'll fit, I know the 4 will for sure.

Hey Mark, Congratulations on getting the apt. Here's the dimentions on the "Wingate": Height:36 3/8" Width:38 3/4" Depth:30 5/8". Hope this helps.

Best,
-Steve D.

Thanks Steve! :D (^_^) With any luck, the door frame is Just a little wider than 30 5/8", but it doesn't look like it though. I really don't like to have that set in a storage locker.

If I was able to get my Wingate out of that house in Skokie with it's narrow doors, you should be able to get yours in no problem. And mine had the CRT still in it!

If worse comes to worse you can remove the CRT then reinstall it in the room and or unhinge the bed room door.

Hi, Mark -

Congratulations on getting your apartment. Living in motels is not easy or fun; I spent two weeks in an east suburban Cleveland motel before moving into my place.

I hope you find room for your Wingate RCA TV. If the doorways into the bedrooms in your apartment are narrow, however, you may have a problem. If worse comes to worst, you could put the Wingate or your other RCA in your living room (unless you already have a set to go in there) and hook it up to cable or an OTA converter box, then put the other set in the bedroom or wherever it will fit.

I notice (from the short list at the bottom of your post) that you have a stereo system as well. Again, you may have a problem or two putting it in your place, depending entirely on how large the apartment is.

Good luck, and keep us posted.

That is really beautiful,Mark!I'll bet it wont take much to get that glorious color.
Good luck in your new home.

Thanks everyone, The apt is great, it's nice to be in my own home again. I should have the set here in a few days. Unfortunately my 5 won't fit in our room, it lacks by 5/8 of an inch to get into the bedroom, even with the trim and door removed. Maybe if my son won't scratch it up, I can put it in the living room. Either way it's awesome to be out of the sh*thole I was living in. The water there is on a well and the pump burned up, so there's no water and his house is gonna be repossessed in a few weeks anyways so it was crunch time to find ANYTHING. Things are looking much better, plus my wife found a good job too. I'll post pics in detail of the 11 ASAP!!!!! :D

very nice set. I bet you one dollar that the push fuse in bad.

Congrats Mark!! Very beautiful set!:thmbsp:

Well, what a disaster this turned out to be. I was hauling it up the stairs on my furniture dolly when the landlady came along to "help" I told her I was fine, I have it don't touch it. I started up the second set of steps and she grabbed it anyways, pulling the it off the bottom of the dolly. It slipped out of the strap and fell on it's side, ripping off the top masonite, scratching the side with the dolly and cracking the other side. They should pay me for this goddamn thing, I told her NOT TO TOUCH IT, I'M FINE. As soon as I went up a step, she effed up the whole damn set before I could do anything about it. I really hate stupid people.......