Today's Find
 

I believe it was me that was saying you just can't find any good sets in the midwest.... :cool:

So I paid a visit to a retired radio collector today who happened to have this Emerson on his hands, I'm happy to say I got it for a song. Once I pulled the back and the HV cage I found a very clean chassis, and all Emerson tubes in the HV/Horz section (and probably others but it's too cramped to tell). Then I noticed the new plug on the cord, so I figured it had to have been plugged in recently, what the hell...so I did. The pic you see is with a one foot wire as an antenna and a dirty tuner, but white a bright raster :)

Anyone know what year this beauty if?

Cory

The picture....

The inside....clean as a whistle!

And the original back with stickers intact, and take a look at the price tag- $179.95 "New"

That set is brand new! Now tell us, where did you find the Unobtainum that powers your time machine?

Anthony

Man, that is spectacular to say the least! I would probably crap my pants if I saw that thing at a thrift store or anywhere for a reasonable price. I never find roundies here in Virginia. One reason for that I think is that television didnt really catch on in these here hills until around 1952. That is post roundie production as we all well know. There would have been no used sets as the whole thing was a new idea. At least in small town America.....

Wow that is a very cool looking Emerson, congrats on the great find! If I had to guess (and I do) I would say its a 1949 model.

Man that set is great looking!

Noticing the pic on the screen... the first picture shows you taking a picture of the set!

Hi Cory, that is a nice set! So rare to find one in that condition.

Whoa !! What a set !! What a find !! You lucky dog... We didn't have TV here in E. Tn til '54, so it's rare to find anything very old. Congrats !! I'd consider that a sort of "Find of a lifetime".-Sandy G.

Thanks for the kudos guys! This one is going to get some special attention ;)

While I was at his place we stepped outside and he pointed to a small console and said he should've called me earlier about that one. Turns out it's the H-231 in this pic: Westinghouse Sets And it was just sitting there, the weather had gotten to the exterior veneer but inside it was still nice. He had pulled the speaker out of it, otherwise it's complete, even has the mechanical shutter that masks the CRT into a pseudo-rectangle. Guess I'll have to go pick it up!

Did anyone notice the microwave oven masqurading as a TV? Model H-605T 12 Third row down, second from the left.

Yuck, but I kinda like it!

Anthony

Maybe it's one of those early Amana Radar Ranges! :D

Anyone still use one of those fabulous Radaranges? (Made Only by Amana)

Ours is still working like a champ and gets heavy use, it's a Touchmatic with LED display, 16 button panel with cookmatic level. - Not to be confused with the VFD display model with the two knobs or the earlier LED model with the brownish faceplate.

A couple caps did go bad last year causing erratic display and semi-functional buttons, but a little tinkering and some new caps and it was back in business.

It's official, I know too much about these damn Radaranges.

Yeah, but look at the money you saved by not needing to buy a new one!