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bandersen 08-09-2009 09:05 PM

TV Fish Tank
 
Ugh, someone actually did it :no:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/fuo/1312781333.html

fsjonsey 08-09-2009 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bandersen (Post 2941559)

Wow, that's the most horrid example of a fishtanked TV I've ever seen.

Eric H 08-09-2009 09:16 PM

Gaack, at least it was a common Philco.
I thought the artwork was actually pretty good, to gaudy for most people to put in their house but good in a cartoon sort of way.

John Marinello 08-09-2009 11:17 PM

That Philco has got CRABS!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

ChrisW6ATV 08-10-2009 03:36 AM

I'd like to offer them $125 for just the guts of the TV, if they would let me smash the abomination shown in the pictures for free. :D

Tube TV 08-10-2009 04:31 AM

The cat litter box was the worst , however this isn't too far off .

batterymaker 08-10-2009 07:24 AM

Six sticks of dynamite would improve the setting.:dammit:

audiofred 08-10-2009 09:14 AM

You have perfect TV alignment ERIC H

Fred

Carmine 08-10-2009 10:59 AM

Why do you suppose it is that we never actually see any of these idiotic projects in their completed stage? The ads should just say:

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I've done all the easy and artsy stuff like smashing the TV guts and fingerpainting the cabinet. Now all you have to do is the complicated stuff like putting on a hinged lid, finding the actual aquarium tank, routing the pump, etc.

My aborted project can be yours for just $125.
I actually met a "collector" the other day who wants to do this to his sets. Given that many of them are in the exact same spot they were in 1989, I'm not too worried about seeing it happen.

zenithfan1 08-10-2009 11:09 AM

I have that exact set in blonde, and it its staying that way! It's a '54 and a great performer on original caps. They really effed this set up bad.

Electrohome 08-10-2009 01:44 PM

TV Fish Tanks sould be "Betamaxed" soon
 
This is pretty much one of the reasons why my vintage TVs here in North Bay are "Private Property" and "No Trespassing" to the general public for the most part except to those I can really trust in this city and who I can really trust in general. No offense to any fellow AK'ers here. Just doing my job to make a lot of valued-or should say highly valued members here on Audiokarma who highly prize vintage TV sets and put in a lot of well spent hours working and restoring those vintage TVs and proudly showing them off like a mint condition '57 Chevy Bel-Air or a mint condition 1953 Corvette:thmbsp:

JohnVF 08-10-2009 02:18 PM

That looks pretty much like most of the 'art' I see in this town. I've noticed that in Chicago, "I'm an artist" often means "I want to feel better about working in a coffee shop at age 35". (though we do have a few that are the real deal).

rld-tv01 08-10-2009 06:57 PM

Recently in Adamstown PA I saw a 1950 12 inch bakelite TV converted to a TV Clock. The chassis was completely gone with a 5 inch digital clock stuck in the center of the 12 inch screen. He filled the screen outside the clock with a lighter color plastic. The bakelite cabinet looked brand new and had the original knobs glued on. He wanted $45 for the TV clock.

grimer 08-10-2009 07:03 PM

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Eric H 08-10-2009 07:27 PM

It looked like this one before it was ruined.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1954-Philco-Cons...d=p3286.c0.m14


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